As they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities all around them, so that no one pursued them.
2 Corinthians 5:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we ourselves are well known to God, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore, being conscious of fearing the Lord with respect and reverence, we seek to win people over [to persuade them]. But what sort of persons we are is plainly recognized and thoroughly understood by God, and I hope that it is plainly recognized and thoroughly understood also by your consciences (your inborn discernment). American Standard Version (1901) Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences. Common English Bible So we try to persuade people, since we know what it means to fear the Lord. We are well known by God, and I hope that in your heart we are well known by you as well. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, having knowledge of the fear of the Lord, we appeal to men, but we are made manifest before God. Yet I hope, too, that we may be made manifest in your consciences. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we use persuasion to men; but to God we are manifest. And I trust also that in your consciences we are manifest. |
As they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities all around them, so that no one pursued them.
For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.
For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
But you indeed are awesome! Who can stand before you when your anger is roused?
Who considers the power of your anger? Your wrath is as great as the fear that is due you.
On that day the Egyptians will be like women and tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts raises against them.
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless: “Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting flames?”
Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and by him the rocks are broken in pieces.
Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
And these will go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into eternal life.”
But I will show you whom to fear: fear the one who, after killing, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear that one!
He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”
When the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
They said, “This man is persuading people to worship God in ways that are contrary to the law.”
Every Sabbath he would argue in the synagogue and would try to convince Jews and Greeks.
You also see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost the whole of Asia this Paul has persuaded and drawn away a considerable number of people by saying that gods made with hands are not gods.
Indeed, the king knows about these things, and to him I speak freely, for I am certain that none of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner.
After they had set a day to meet with him, they came to him at his lodgings in great numbers. From morning until evening he explained the matter to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.
For we are not peddlers of God’s word like so many, but as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God, we are speaking in Christ before God.
So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God.
As we work together with him, we entreat you also not to accept the grace of God in vain.
Am I now seeking human approval or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
save others by snatching them out of the fire; and have mercy on still others with fear, hating even the tunic defiled by their bodies.
and anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.