Accept my reins [on your life], and learn about me, because I am gentle and humble, and [in my service] you will experience rest in your spirits.
Matthew 12:19 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) He will not be contentious nor shout out [loudly]. Neither will anyone hear His voice [raised] in the streets. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He shall not strive, nor cry; Neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He will not strive or wrangle or cry out loudly; nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets; American Standard Version (1901) He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets. Common English Bible He won’t argue or shout, and nobody will hear his voice in the streets. Catholic Public Domain Version He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall anyone hear his voice in the streets. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. |
Accept my reins [on your life], and learn about me, because I am gentle and humble, and [in my service] you will experience rest in your spirits.
He will not [even] break a wilted stalk or put out a smoldering [lamp] wick until He exercises judgment [upon mankind through the Gospel] in order to bring about victory [i.e., in people’s lives].
And when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus answered them; “The kingdom of God will not come the way you are looking for it.
Now I Paul, who am humble [when speaking] face to face with you, but bold when I am away from you, urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ [Note: This means either Paul was imitating Christ’s behavior or that the Corinthians were to do so]: