then the priestshall orderthem to tearout the stoneswith the markin them and throwthem awayat an uncleanplaceoutsidethe city.
Whoever secretlyslandershis neighbor,him I will destroy;Noone who has a haughtylookand an arrogantheartwill I endure.
Driveout the scoffer,and contentionwill goout, Even strifeand dishonorwill cease.
"The priestshall returnon the seventhdayand makean inspection.Ifthe markhas indeedspreadin the wallsof the house,
"He shall have the housescrapedallaroundinside,and they shall dumpthe plasterthat they scrapeoffat an uncleanplaceoutsidethe city.
Then he shall takeoffhis garmentsand puton othergarments,and carrythe ashesoutsidethe campto a cleanplace.
"Ifhe refusesto listento them, tellit to the church;and ifhe refuses to listenevento the church,let him be to you as a Gentileand a tax collector.
"Everybranchin Me that does not bearfruit,He takes away;and every[branch] that bearsfruit,He prunesit sothat it may bearmorefruit.
But thosewhoare outside,Godjudges.REMOVETHE WICKED MANFROM AMONGYOURSELVES.
Rejecta factiousmanaftera firstand secondwarning,
I knowyour deedsand your toiland perseverance,and that you cannottolerateevil men,and you put to the testthosewho callthemselvesapostles,and they are not, and you foundthem [to be] false;
But I have[this] againstyou, that you toleratethe womanJezebel,who callsherselfa prophetess,and she teachesand leadsMy bond-servantsastrayso that they commit [acts of] immoralityand eatthings sacrificed to idols.
Yetthisyou do have,that you hatethe deedsof the Nicolaitans,whichI alsohate.
Outsideare the dogsand the sorcerersand the immoral personsand the murderersand the idolaters,and everyonewho lovesand practiceslying.
