knowing this: that the law is not laid down for the righteous, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for killers of fathers and killers of mothers, for murderers,
2 Peter 2:8 - English Majority Text Version 2009 (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, tormented his righteous soul by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)- More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For that just man, living [there] among them, tortured his righteous soul every day with what he saw and heard of [their] unlawful and wicked deeds– American Standard Version (1901) (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their lawless deeds): Common English Bible While that righteous man lived among them he felt deep distress every day on account of the immoral actions he saw and heard.) Catholic Public Domain Version For in seeing and in hearing, he was just, though he lived with those who, from day to day, crucified the just soul with works of iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For in sight and hearing he was just: dwelling among them, who from day to day vexed the just soul with unjust works. |
knowing this: that the law is not laid down for the righteous, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for killers of fathers and killers of mothers, for murderers,
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying concerning his gifts; and through it, although he died, he still speaks.
Confess your transgressions to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of the righteous is very powerful.