For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Don’t let your prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you, and don’t listen to the dreams you elicit from them,
1 John 4:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They are from the world. Therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They proceed from the world and are of the world; therefore it is out of the world [its whole economy morally considered] that they speak, and the world listens (pays attention) to them. American Standard Version (1901) They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them. Common English Bible They are from the world. So they speak from the world’s point of view and the world listens to them. Catholic Public Domain Version They are of the world. Therefore, they speak about the world, and the world listens to them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are of the world: therefore of the world they speak, and the world heareth them. |
For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Don’t let your prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you, and don’t listen to the dreams you elicit from them,
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it?
If a man comes and utters empty lies – ‘I will preach to you about wine and beer’ – he would be just the preacher for this people!
‘The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age are more shrewd than the children of light in dealing with their own people.
I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth is earthly and speaks in earthly terms. The one who comes from heaven is above all.
‘You are from below,’ he told them, ‘I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear what they want to hear.
So the great dragon was thrown out #– #the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.