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Galatians 4:17

James Moffatt - New Testament

These men make much of you — yes, but for dishonest ends; they want to debar you from us, so that you may make much of them.

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Such creatures are no servants of Christ our Lord, they are slaves of their own base desires; with their plausible and pious talk they beguile the hearts of unsuspecting people. But surely not of you!

in their lust they will exploit you with cunning arguments — men whose doom comes apace from of old, and destruction is awake upon their trail.

You Corinthians have your heart's desire already, have you? You have heaven's rich bliss already! You have come into your kingdom without us! I wish indeed you had come into your kingdom, so that we could share it with you!

I can vouch for their zeal for God; only, it is not zeal with knowledge.

Woe to you, you impious scribes and Pharisees! you traverse sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when you succeed you make him a son of Gehenna twice as bad as yourselves.

By talking arrogant futilities they beguile with the sensual lure of fleshly passion those who are just escaping from the company of misconduct —

Everybody is selfish, instead of caring for Jesus Christ.

but I am afraid of your thoughts getting seduced from a single devotion to Christ, just as the serpent beguiled Eve with his cunning.

I commend you for always bearing me in mind and for maintaining the traditions I passed on to you.

Certain individuals have got puffed up, have they, as if I were not coming myself?

Am I your enemy to-day, because I have been honest with you?

Now it is fine for you to be made much of honestly and all the time — not simply when I can be with you.




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