Galatians 5:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)15 But if you [unlovingly] bite and eat one another [i.e., figuratively], be careful that you do not totally consume one another. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176915 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition15 But if you bite and devour one another [in partisan strife], be careful that you [and your whole fellowship] are not consumed by one another. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible15 But if you bite and devour each other, be careful that you don’t get eaten up by each other! Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version15 But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you are not consumed by one another! Ver Capítulo |
Watch out for the “dogs!” [Note: “Dogs” were viewed with disgust by the ancient Jews (Deut. 23:18; II Kings 8:13; Rev. 22:15) , so the term is used here derogatorily for Jewish Christians who were trying to impose on the church the requirements of the Law of Moses]. Watch out for the evil workers! Watch out for those who mutilate the body meaninglessly! [Note: Paul here alludes, in a derogatory wordplay, to the Jewish practice of circumcision].