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Acts 20:30

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Some of your own people will tell lies to win over the Lord's followers.

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It's better to be poor and live right than to be a stupid liar.

You will see weird things, and your mind will play tricks on you.

Your talk is filled with lies and plans for violence; every finger on your hands is covered with blood.

They will receive only a little help in their time of trouble, and many of their followers will be treacherous.

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You travel over land and sea to win one follower. And when you have done so, you make that person twice as fit for hell as you are.

He found Saul and brought him to Antioch, where they met with the church for a whole year and taught many of its people. There in Antioch the Lord's followers were first called Christians.

“Aren't you that Egyptian who started a riot not long ago and led four thousand terrorists into the desert?”

Anyway, they are no more than false apostles and dishonest workers. They only pretend to be apostles of Christ.

Besides, they will become lazy and get into the habit of going from house to house. Next, they will start gossiping and become busybodies, talking about things that are none of their business.

and nasty quarrels. They have wicked minds and have missed out on the truth. These people think religion is supposed to make you rich.

They boast out loud about their stupid nonsense. And by being vulgar and crude, they trap people who have barely escaped from living the wrong kind of life.

These people came from our own group, yet they were not part of us. If they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. But they left, which proves that they did not belong to our group.

Many liars have gone out into the world. These deceitful liars are saying that Jesus Christ did not have a truly human body. But they are liars and the enemies of Christ.

But there is one thing you are doing right. You hate what the Nicolaitans are doing, and so do I.




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