Become sober-mindedas you ought,and stopsinning;for somehaveno knowledgeof God.I speak[this] to your shame.
Your wordI have treasuredin my heart,That I may not sinagainst You.
Tremble,and do not sin;Meditatein your heartupon your bed,and be still.Selah.
"They bendtheir tongue[like] their bow;Liesand not truthprevailin the land;For they proceedfrom evilto evil,And they do not knowMe," declaresthe LORD.
Awake,drunkards,and weep;And wail,allyou winedrinkers,On accountof the sweetwineThat is cutofffrom your mouth.
So the captainapproachedhim and said,"Howis it that you are sleeping?Getup, callon your god.Perhaps[your] godwill be concernedabout us so that we will not perish."
But Jesusansweredand saidto them, "You are mistaken,not understandingthe Scripturesnorthe powerof God.
AfterwardJesusfoundhim in the templeand saidto him, "Behold,you have becomewell;do not sinanymore,sothat nothingworsehappensto you."
She said,"No one,Lord."And Jesussaid,"I do not condemnyou, either.Go.From nowon sinno more.]"
"Whyis it consideredincredibleamongyou [people] ifGoddoes raisethe dead?
And justas they did not see fitto acknowledgeGodany longer, Godgave them overto a depravedmind,to dothosethings which are not proper,
[Do] this,knowingthe time,that it is alreadythe hourfor you to awakenfrom sleep;for nowsalvationis nearerto us thanwhenwe believed.
I do not writethese thingsto shameyou, but to admonishyou as my belovedchildren.
I say[this] to your shame.[Is it] so,[that] thereis not amongyou onewise manwhowill be ableto decidebetweenhis brethren,
Howevernot all menhave thisknowledge;but some,being accustomedto the idoluntilnow,eat[food] as ifit were sacrificed to an idol;and their consciencebeingweakis defiled.
For this reasonit says,"Awake,sleeper,And arisefrom the dead,And Christwill shineon you."
not in lustfulpassion,likethe Gentileswho do not knowGod;
