Jesus replied, ‘You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.’
2 Thessalonians 3:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not all have faith. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And that we may be delivered from perverse (improper, unrighteous) and wicked (actively malicious) men, for not everybody has faith and is held by it. American Standard Version (1901) and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and evil men; for all have not faith. Common English Bible Pray too that we will be rescued from inappropriate and evil people since everyone that we meet won’t respond with faith. Catholic Public Domain Version and so that we may be freed from pertinacious and evil men. For not everyone is faithful. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And that we may be delivered from importunate and evil men; for all men have not faith. |
Jesus replied, ‘You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.’
‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, and yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law #– #justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.
I tell you that he will swiftly grant them justice. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth? ’
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what Paul was saying, insulting him.
But the Jews incited the prominent God-fearing women and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their district.
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some wicked men from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. Attacking Jason’s house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.
For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without indicating the charges against him.’
But not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our message? ,
Pray that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea, that my ministry to Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,
If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus as a mere man, what good did that do me? If the dead are not raised, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. ,
He said, ‘I will hide my face from them; I will see what will become of them, for they are a perverse generation – unfaithful children.
So we wanted to come to you #– #even I, Paul, time and again #– #but Satan hindered us.
But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that I might fully preach the word and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.