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2 Corinthians 6:8

James Moffatt - New Testament

amid honour and dishonour, amid evil report and good report, an 'impostor' but honest,

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and said, "We remember, sir, that when this impostor was alive he said, 'I will rise after three days.'

If you are denounced for the sake of Christ, you are blessed; for then the Spirit of glory and power, the Spirit of God himself, is resting on you.

Lo, I will make those who belong to that synagogue of Satan, who style themselves Jews (no Jews are they, but liars!) — lo, I will have them come and do homage before your feet and learn that I did love you.

that "we toil and strive because our hope is fixed upon the living God, the Saviour of all men" — of believers in particular.

We think it only right to let you tell your own story; but as regards this sect, we are well aware that there are objections to it on all hands."

The fact is, we have found this man is a perfect pest; he stirs up sedition among the Jews all over the world and he is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect.

Everybody testifies to Demetrius, and so does the Truth itself: I testify to him too, and you know my testimony is true.

Let us go to him outside the camp, then, bearing his obloquy

Why should we not do evil that good may come out of it?" (which is the calumny attributed to me — the very thing some people declare I say). Such arguments are rightly condemned.

Then a certain Ananias, a devout man in the Law, who had a good reputation among all the Jewish inhabitants,

they went to appease them and after taking them out of prison begged them to leave the town.

They said, "Cornelius, a captain, a good man who reverences God and enjoys a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house and to listen to what you had to say."

Brothers, look out seven of your own number, men of good reputation who are full of the Spirit and of wisdom. We will appoint them to this duty,

Though the people extolled them, not a soul from the outside dared to join them.

Then they threatened them still further and let them go; on account of the people they found themselves unable to find any means of punishing them, for everybody was glorifying God over what had happened

And the crowd disputed about him hotly; some said, "He is a good man," but others said, "No, he is misleading the people."

They came up and said to him, "Teacher, we know you are sincere and fearless; you do not court human favour, you teach the Way of God honestly. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?

They sent him their disciples with the Herodians, who said, "Teacher, we know you are sincere and that you teach the Way of God honestly and fearlessly; you do not court human favour.

enough for the scholar to fare like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If men have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they miscall his servants!

also, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, in case he incurs slander and is trapped by the devil.

By the good faith of God, my word to you was not 'yes and no';

I disown those practices which very shame conceals from view; I do not go about it craftily; I do not falsify the word of God; I state the truth openly and so commend myself to every man's conscience before God.

I am quite ashamed to say I was not equal to that sort of thing! But let them vaunt as they please, I am equal to them (mind, this is the role of a fool!).

But let that pass, you say; I was not a burden to you, no, but I was clever enough to dupe you with my tricks? Was I?

For the appeal we make does not spring from any delusion or from impure motives — it does not work by cunning;




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