“What are you doing? Why are you doing this? Don’t do it. We are just men, like you. We are telling you good news, and we are saying that you have to stop showing respect to things that are not the true God. You have to turn around and follow the God that is alive. He made the sky, and the earth, and the sea, and everything in them.
1 Samuel 2:23 - Plain English Version23 Eli said to his 2 sons, “Lots of people tell me that you do bad things. Why are you doing that? See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176923 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition23 And he said to them, Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people. See the chapterCommon English Bible23 Eli said to his sons, “Why are you doing these terrible things that I’m hearing about from everybody? See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version23 And he said to them: "Why are you doing these kinds of things, very wicked things, that I have heard from all the people? See the chapter |
1 Samuel 2:23
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They don’t listen to God. They listen to their own bodies, and they do bad things so that their bodies feel good. They do those bad things, but they don’t feel shame. Instead, they think they are smart. They only think about the things that belong to this world. And in the end God will finish them up for ever.
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