Oh sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, brood of evildoers, depraved children! They have abandoned the Lord; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they have turned their backs on him.
2 Timothy 3:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For among them are those who worm their way into households and deceive gullible women overwhelmed by sins and led astray by a variety of passions, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For among them are those who worm their way into homes and captivate silly and weak-natured and spiritually dwarfed women, loaded down with [the burden of their] sins [and easily] swayed and led away by various evil desires and seductive impulses. American Standard Version (1901) For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts, Common English Bible Some will slither into households and control immature women who are burdened with sins and driven by all kinds of desires. Catholic Public Domain Version For among these are ones who penetrate houses and lead away, like captives, foolish women burdened with sins, who are led away by means of various desires, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For of these sort are they who creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, who are led away with divers desires: |
Oh sinful nation, people weighed down with iniquity, brood of evildoers, depraved children! They have abandoned the Lord; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they have turned their backs on him.
‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in. ,
Then the news about him spread throughout Syria. So they brought to him all those who were afflicted, those suffering from various diseases and intense pains, the demon-possessed, the epileptics, and the paralytics. And he healed them.
but the worries of this age, the deceitfulness , of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
You know that when you were pagans, you used to be enticed and led astray by mute idols.
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.
For by uttering boastful, empty words, they seduce, with fleshly desires and debauchery, people who have barely escaped from those who live in error.
Therefore, dear friends, since you know this in advance, be on your guard, so that you are not led away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own stable position.
These people are discontented grumblers, living according to their desires; their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering people for their own advantage.
They told you, ‘In the end time there will be scoffers living according to their own ungodly desires.’
For some people, who were designated for this judgement long ago, , have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.