Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Joshua 10:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Come up to me and help me, and let us smite Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and with the Israelites. American Standard Version (1901) Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. Common English Bible “Come up and help me. We will strike at Gibeon, because it has made peace with Joshua and with the Israelites.” Catholic Public Domain Version "Ascend to me, and bring troops, so that we may fight against Gibeon. For it has fled over to Joshua and the sons of Israel." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Come up to me, and bring help, that we may take Gabaon, because it hath gone over to Josue, and to the children of Israel. |
Then Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.
shouting, ‘Fellow Israelites, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. What’s more, he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.’
In fact, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
You adulterous people! Don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility towards God? So whoever wants to be the friend of the world becomes the enemy of God.
Now King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and completely destroyed it, treating Ai and its king as he had Jericho and its king, and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living among them.
So the five Amorite kings #– #the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon #– #joined forces, advanced with all their armies, besieged Gibeon, and fought against it.
So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.
They are surprised that you don’t join them in the same flood of wild living #– #and they slander you.
For they are demonic spirits performing signs, who travel to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle on the great day of God, the Almighty.