"Sincewe have heardthat someof our numberto whomwe gavenoinstructionhave disturbedyou with [their] words,unsettlingyour souls,
Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"Do not listento the wordsof the prophetswho are prophesyingto you. They are leadingyou into futility;They speaka visionof their own imagination,Not from the mouthof the LORD.
Some mencame downfrom Judeaand [began] teachingthe brethren,"Unlessyou are circumcisedaccording to the customof Moses,you cannotbe saved."
whichis [really] not another;onlythere are somewho are disturbingyou and wantto distortthe gospelof Christ.
I have confidencein you in the Lordthat you will adoptnootherview;but the one who is disturbingyou will bearhis judgment,whoeverhe is.
I wishthat thosewho are troublingyou would evenmutilatethemselves.
You have been severedfrom Christ,you whoare seeking to be justifiedby law;you have fallenfrom grace.
Remind[them] of these things,and solemnly charge[them] in the presenceof Godnot to wrangle about words,which is useless[and leads] to the ruinof the hearers.
They wentout from us, but they were not [really] of us; for ifthey had beenof us, they would have remainedwith us; but [they went out], sothat it would be shownthat they allare not of us.
