If God called those people, to whom His message came, “gods” (and Scripture cannot be set aside),
James 4:5 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) Or, do you think that the Scripture says [this] for nothing? [Note: No specific passage is here cited, but the idea occurs in several Old Testament passages]. “The Holy Spirit, whom God has made to live in us, longs jealously [for us to be faithful to God].” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Or do you suppose that the Scripture is speaking to no purpose that says, The Spirit Whom He has caused to dwell in us yearns over us and He yearns for the Spirit [to be welcome] with a jealous love? [Jer. 3:14; Hos. 2:19ff.] American Standard Version (1901) Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying? Common English Bible Or do you suppose that scripture is meaningless? Doesn’t God long for our faithfulness in the life he has given to us? Catholic Public Domain Version Or do you think that Scripture says in vain: "The spirit which lives within you desires unto envy?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you? |
If God called those people, to whom His message came, “gods” (and Scripture cannot be set aside),
And another Scripture says [Zech. 12:10], “People will look at him whom they [had] pierced.”
Does not Scripture say [Micah 5:2] that the Christ will come as the descendant of King David, and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?”
“[And when] these patriarchs, [still living in Canaan as young men], became jealous of [their brother] Joseph, they sold him [as a slave to traveling merchants who took him] to Egypt. But God was with him [during all that time],
They are full of all kinds of wickedness, evil, greed, and maliciousness. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
For the Scripture said to Pharaoh [Ex. 9:16], “I raised you up [to be a ruler] for the very purpose of demonstrating my power in your life and that my name might be made known throughout the entire world.”
Or, do you not know that your [physical] body is a temple [i.e., sanctuary] for the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and who was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourselves,
And what agreement is there between a temple of God and idols? For we are a temple of the living God, just as God said [Lev. 26:12], “I will live in them and walk among them [i.e., among His people]; and I will be their God and they will be my people.”
And, predicting that God would consider the Gentiles right with Him by [their] faith, the Scriptures previously recorded [this promise of] the Gospel to Abraham by saying [Gen. 12:3], “All nations will receive a blessing through your descendant [i.e., Jesus].”
For we [Christians] were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various kinds of [evil] desires and [sinful] pleasures. [We used to] live in malice and envy, hating people and being hated by them.