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Philippians 3:19

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

that they are headed for hell! They worship their stomachs and boast about the disgusting things they do. All they can think about are the things of this world.

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They want to serve themselves and not Christ the Lord. Their flattery and fancy talk fool people who don't know any better.

They will be greedy and cheat you with smooth talk. But long ago God decided to punish them, and God doesn't sleep.

Think about what is up there, not about what is here on earth.

Sometimes false prophets spoke to the people of Israel. False teachers will also sneak in and speak harmful lies to you. But these teachers don't really belong to the Master who paid a great price for them, and they will quickly destroy themselves.

So why does it seem strange for Satan's servants to pretend to do what is right? Some day they will get exactly what they deserve.

I plan to go on doing just what I have always done. Then those people won't be able to boast about doing the same things we are doing.

By adding more of you priests, you multiply the number of people who sin. Now I'll change your pride into shame.

They have done evil, and they will be rewarded with evil. They think it is fun to have wild parties during the day. They are immoral, and the meals they eat with you are spoilt by the shameful and selfish way they carry on.

They are circumcised, but they don't obey the Law of Moses. All they want is to boast about having you circumcised.

But I will tell you what will happen to cowards and to everyone who is unfaithful or dirty-minded or who murders or is sexually immoral or uses witchcraft or worships idols or tells lies. They will be thrown into that lake of fire and burning sulphur. This is the second death.

because you are not yet spiritual. You are jealous and argue with each other. This proves that you are not spiritual and that you are acting like the people of this world.

Use your powerful arm and rescue me from the hands of mere humans whose world won't last. You provide food for those you love. Their children have plenty, and their grandchildren will have more than enough.

But outside the city will be dogs, witches, immoral people, murderers, idol worshippers, and everyone who loves to tell lies and do wrong.

These people grumble and complain and live by their own selfish desires. They boast about themselves and flatter others to get what they want.

They will be sneaky, reckless, and puffed up with pride. Instead of loving God, they will love pleasure.

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

All of them will be punished, because they would rather do evil than believe the truth.

The others think only about what interests them and not about what concerns Christ Jesus.

Stop being proud! Don't you know how a little yeast can spread through the whole batch of dough?

You are proud, when you ought to feel bad enough to chase away anyone who acts like that.

But even you priests insult me by saying, “There's nothing special about the LORD's altar, and these sacrifices are worthless.”

But the beast was captured and so was the false prophet. This is the same prophet who had performed miracles for the beast, so that he could fool everyone who had the mark of the beast and worshipped the idol. The beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into a lake of burning sulphur.

Yet you are stupid enough to boast, and it is wrong to be so proud.

Then he will appear, but the Lord Jesus will kill him simply by breathing on him. He will be completely destroyed by the Lord's glorious return.

For a while the judge refused to do anything. Finally, he said to himself, “Even though I don't fear God or care about people,

There was once a rich man who wore expensive clothes and every day ate the best food.

Then I'll say to myself, ‘You have stored up enough good things to last for years to come. Live it up! Eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.’ ”

Then the king will say to those on his left, “Get away from me! You are under God's curse. Go into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels!

Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Satan, get away from me! You're in my way because you think like everyone else and not like God.”

You leaders accept bribes for dishonest decisions. You priests and prophets teach and preach, but only for money. Then you say, “The LORD is on our side. No harm will come to us.”

You lying prophets promise security for anyone who gives you food, but disaster for anyone who refuses to feed you. Here is what the LORD says to you prophets:

You drink their milk and use their wool to make your clothes. Then you butcher the best ones for food. But you don't take care of the flock!

You people may be strong and boast about your sins, but God can be trusted day after day.

That woman honoured herself with a life of luxury. Reward her now with suffering and pain. “Deep in her heart Babylon said, ‘I am the queen! Never will I be a widow or know what it means to be sad.’

Some godless people have sneaked in among us and are saying, “God treats us much better than we deserve, and so it is all right to be immoral.” They even deny that we must obey Jesus Christ as our only Master and Lord. But long ago the Scriptures warned that these godless people were doomed.

But what good did you receive from the things you did? All you have to show for them is your shame, and they lead to death.

They charge my people a few handfuls of barley and a couple of pieces of bread, and then give messages that are insulting to me. They use lies to sentence the innocent to death and to help the guilty go free. And my people believe them!

We have promised to worship the goddess Astarte, the Queen of Heaven, and that is exactly what we are going to do. We will burn incense and offer sacrifices of wine to her, just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders did when we lived in Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah. We had plenty of food back then. We were well off, and nothing bad ever happened to us.

Their punishment will be eternal destruction, and they will be kept far from the presence of our Lord and his glorious strength.

But these people insult powers they don't know anything about. They are like senseless animals that end up getting destroyed, because they live only by their feelings.




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