Then I took the sealed deed of purchase containing the terms and conditions and the open copy,
1 Corinthians 11:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But if anyone is disposed to be contentious—we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now if anyone is disposed to be argumentative and contentious about this, we hold to and recognize no other custom [in worship] than this, nor do the churches of God generally. American Standard Version (1901) But if any man seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. Common English Bible But if someone wants to argue about this, we don’t have such a custom, nor do God’s churches. Catholic Public Domain Version But if anyone has a mind to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor does the Church of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the church of God. |
Then I took the sealed deed of purchase containing the terms and conditions and the open copy,
They have been told about you that you teach all the Jews living among the gentiles to forsake Moses and that you tell them not to circumcise their children or observe the customs.
Join these men, go through the rite of purification with them, and pay for the shaving of their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you but that you yourself observe and guard the law.
but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
Now concerning the collection for the saints: you should follow the directions I gave to the churches of Galatia.
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.
However that may be, let each of you lead the life that the Lord has assigned, to which God called you. This is my rule in all the churches.
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?
For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, for you suffered the same things from your own compatriots as they did from the Jews