For manywalk,of whomI oftentoldyou, and nowtellyou evenweeping,[that they are] enemiesof the crossof Christ,
My eyesshedstreamsof water,Becausethey do not keepYour law.Tsadhe.
For thusthe LORDspoketo me with mightypowerand instructedme not to walkin the wayof thispeople,saying,
But ifyou will not listento it, My soulwill sobin secretfor [such] pride;And my eyeswill bitterlyweepAnd flowdownwith tears,Becausethe flockof the LORDhas been takencaptive.
Ohthat my headwere watersAnd my eyesa fountainof tears,That I might weepdayand nightFor the slainof the daughterof my people!
"NowI, Nebuchadnezzar,praise,exaltand honorthe Kingof heaven,for allHis worksare true and His waysjust,and He is ableto humblethose whowalkin pride."
and the ostrichand the owland the seagulland the hawkin its kind,
"The priestshall look,and ifthe scabhas spreadon the skin,then the priestshall pronouncehim unclean;it is leprosy.
WhenHe approached[Jerusalem], He sawthe cityand weptoverit,
servingthe Lordwith allhumilityand with tearsand with trialswhich cameupon me throughthe plotsof the Jews;
that I have greatsorrowand unceasinggriefin my heart.
For the wordof the crossis foolishnessto thosewho are perishing,but to us who are being savedit is the powerof God.
Ordo you not knowthat the unrighteouswill not inheritthe kingdomof God?Do not be deceived;neitherfornicators,noridolaters,noradulterers,noreffeminate,norhomosexuals,
For such menare false apostles,deceitfulworkers,disguisingthemselves as apostlesof Christ.
Whois weakwithoutmy being weak?Whois led into sinwithoutmy intense concern?
For out of muchafflictionand anguishof heartI wroteto you with manytears;not sothat you would be made sorrowful,but that you might knowthe lovewhichI haveespeciallyfor you.
whichis [really] not another;onlythere are somewho are disturbingyou and wantto distortthe gospelof Christ.
But whenI sawthat they were not straightforwardaboutthe truthof the gospel,I saidto Cephasin the presenceof all,"Ifyou, beinga Jew,livelike the Gentilesand not like the Jews,how[is it that] you compelthe Gentilesto live like Jews?
"I do not nullifythe graceof God,for ifrighteousness[comes] throughthe Law,thenChristdiedneedlessly."
envying,drunkenness,carousing,and things likethese,of whichI forewarnyou, justas I have forewarnedyou, that thosewho practicesuch thingswill not inheritthe kingdomof God.
Those whodesireto make a good showingin the fleshtry to compelyou to be circumcised,simplysothat they will not be persecutedfor the crossof Christ.
But may it neverbe that I would boast,exceptin the crossof our LordJesusChrist,throughwhichthe worldhas been crucifiedto me, and I to the world.
SothisI say,and affirmtogetherwith the Lord,that you walkno longerjustas the Gentilesalsowalk,in the futilityof their mind,
alwaysofferingprayerwith joyin my everyprayerfor you all,
[and] that noman transgressand defraudhis brotherin the matterbecausethe Lordis [the] avengerin allthese things,justas we alsotold you beforeand solemnly warned[you].
For we hearthat someamongyou are leadingan undisciplinedlife,doingnoworkat all,but acting like busybodies.
and especiallythosewho indulgethe fleshin [its] corruptdesiresand despiseauthority.Daring,self-willed,they do not tremblewhen they revileangelic majesties,
wildwavesof the sea,castingup their ownshamelike foam;wanderingstars,for whomthe blackdarknesshas been reservedforever.