But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken [in your reasoning], not knowing [what] the Scriptures [teach] or [how much] power God has.
James 1:16 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) [So], do not be deceived, my dearly loved brothers. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Do not err, my beloved brethren. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not be misled, my beloved brethren. American Standard Version (1901) Be not deceived, my beloved brethren. Common English Bible Don’t be misled, my dear brothers and sisters. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, do not choose to go astray, my most beloved brothers. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren. |
But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken [in your reasoning], not knowing [what] the Scriptures [teach] or [how much] power God has.
Jesus said to them, “Is not this the reason that you are [so] mistaken, that you do not know [what] the Scriptures [teach] or [how much] power God has?
[So], He is not God to those who are dead, but [He is] God to those who are alive. You are seriously mistaken.”
And during this time Peter stood up to speak to a gathering of about one hundred twenty persons.
Or, do you not know that evil people will not possess God’s kingdom? Do not be misled: neither will sexually immoral people, nor idolaters, nor those who are sexually unfaithful to their mates, nor homosexual perverts. [Note: The Greek uses two words here, denoting both the passive and active partners in male homosexual acts].
Do not be deceived; God will not be fooled. Whatever a person does with his life, he will reap [the results of it].
So then, my dear ones, just as you people were always obedient [to my teaching] when I was there with you, so now, in my absence [also], be [obedient] all the more. [Continue to] complete your own salvation [i.e., by living faithfully to the end. See Rom. 13:11] with fear and trembling [i.e., with a reverent and submissive spirit],
So, my dearly loved brothers [and sisters, See next two verses], those whom I long to see, [who are] my [reason for] being glad and [who are] my crown of victory; stand firm in [your devotion to] the Lord, my dear ones.
Pay attention so that no one takes you [spiritually] captive through his philosophy and empty deception based on human tradition, according to the principles of the world and not according to Christ.
who have strayed from the truth [by] saying that the resurrection [from the dead] has already happened and are undermining the faith of some people.
You people [already] know this [or, “you should know this”], my dearly loved brothers. However, every person should be quick to listen, slow to talk and slow in becoming angry.
Consider it [an occasion for] much joy, my brothers, when you experience various trials,
My brothers, do not hold [views regarding] the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ [i.e., as tenets of Christianity] which show favoritism toward [certain] persons.
What good is it, my brothers [and sisters], if a person says he has faith but does not have [good] deeds? Can such faith save him?
Listen, my dearly loved brothers; did not God choose those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be wealthy in faith and to inherit the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
Not many of you should be teachers, my brothers, because you [should] know that we [teachers] will be judged more strictly.
Praise and cursing come out of the same mouth! My brothers, these things should not be happening.
Do not slander one another, brothers, [for] the person who speaks against his brother, or judges him, is [guilty of] speaking against the law [of God]. But when you judge the law, you are not obeying it but acting as its judge.
But above everything else, my brothers, do not take oaths, not “by the heaven,” nor “by the earth,” nor by any other oath. But your “yes” should be [simply] “yes,” and your “no,” [simply] “no,” so you do not fall under condemnation.
My brothers, if anyone among you strays away from the truth [of God’s inspired message], and someone brings him back [to it],