but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”
1 Timothy 5:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 but the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Whereas she who lives in pleasure and self-gratification [giving herself up to luxury and self-indulgence] is dead even while she [still] lives. American Standard Version (1901) But she that giveth herself to pleasure is dead while she liveth. Common English Bible But a widow who tries to live a life of luxury is dead even while she is alive. Catholic Public Domain Version For she who is living in pleasures is dead, while living. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For she that liveth in pleasures, is dead while she is living. |
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”
but instead there was joy and festivity, killing oxen and slaughtering sheep, eating meat and drinking wine. “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter Chaldea! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
Those who feasted on delicacies perish in the streets; those who were brought up in purple cling to ash heaps.
But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’
A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant region, and there he squandered his wealth in dissolute living.
for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ And they began to celebrate.
But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.’ ”
“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
What, then, did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who put on fine clothing and live in luxury are in royal palaces.
even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Even the most refined and gentle of men among you will begrudge food to his own brother, to the wife whom he embraces, and to the last of his remaining children,
She who is the most refined and gentle among you, so gentle and refined that she does not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge food to the husband whom she embraces, to her own son, and to her own daughter,
And when you were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with him, when he forgave us all our trespasses,
For among them are those who make their way into households and captivate immature women, overwhelmed by their sins and swayed by all kinds of desires,
You have lived on the earth in luxury and in pleasure; you have nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
As she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so give her a like measure of torment and grief. Since in her heart she says, ‘I rule as a queen; I am no widow, and I will never see grief,’
“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: “I know your works; you have a name of being alive, but you are dead.
Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag king of the Amalekites here to me.” And Agag came to him haltingly. Agag said, “Surely death is bitter.”
Thus you shall salute him, ‘Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.