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Romans 16:18

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

because such people do not serve our Lord Christ  but their own appetites.  , They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.

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I am saying this so that no one will deceive you with arguments that sound reasonable.


Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory  is in their shame; and they are focused on earthly things.


‘Be on your guard against false prophets   who come to you in sheep’s   clothing   but inwardly are ravaging wolves.


and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain.  ,


This is what the  Lord  says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who proclaim  peace when they have food to sink their teeth into but declare war against the one who puts nothing in their mouths.


They will exploit  you in their greed  with made-up stories. Their condemnation,  pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.


These people are discontented grumblers, living according to their desires;  their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering  people for their own advantage.


and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.


These people are dangerous reefs  at your love feasts  as they eat with you without reverence. They are shepherds who only look after themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds;  trees in late autumn #– #fruitless, twice dead and uprooted.


all seek their own interests,  not those of Jesus Christ.


For am I now trying to persuade people,  or God?  Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.


For false messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray,   if possible, even the elect.


A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.


knowing that you will receive the reward of an inheritance from the Lord. You serve the Lord Christ.


Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful things, not acting  deceitfully or distorting the word of God,  but commending ourselves before God to everyone’s conscience by an open display of the truth.


For we do not market the word of God  for profit like so many.  On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.


The report of your obedience has reached everyone.  Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise about what is good, and yet innocent about what is evil.


If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, there my servant   also will be.   If anyone serves me, the Father will honour   him.


Many false prophets   will rise up and deceive many.


‘No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.


You profane me among my people for handfuls of barley  and scraps of bread; you put those to death who should not die and spare those who should not live, when you lie to my people, who listen to lies.


those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace.’  This is the declaration of the Lord God.”


They keep on saying to those who despise me,  “The Lord has spoken: You will have peace.”  They have said to everyone who follows the stubbornness of his heart, “No harm will come to you.” ’


The inexperienced one believes anything, but the sensible one watches  his steps.


Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish.


So the king of Israel gathered the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, ‘Should we go to Ramoth-gilead for war or should I refrain? ’ They replied, ‘March up, and God will hand it over to the king.’


Why, then, do all of you despise my sacrifices and offerings that I require at the place of worship?  You have honoured your sons more than me,  by making yourselves fat with the best part of all of the offerings of my people Israel.”


The revelation of  Jesus Christ that God gave him to show his servants  what must soon take place.  He made it known by sending his angel  to his servant John,


Jude,  a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James: To those who are the called,  loved  , by God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.


James,  a servant of God  and of the Lord Jesus Christ: To the twelve tribes  dispersed abroad.  , Greetings.


But I fear that, as the serpent  deceived  Eve  by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure  devotion to Christ.


‘I wish one of you would shut the temple doors,  so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar!  I am not pleased with you,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and I will accept  no offering from your hands.


Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for a settlement. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.


When they fall, they will be helped by some, but many others will join them insincerely.


Whoever serves Christ  in this way is acceptable to God and receives human approval.





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