The Lord said: These people approach me with their speeches to honour me with lip-service, yet their hearts are far from me, and human rules direct their worship of me.
Colossians 2:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised All these regulations refer to what is destined to perish by being used up; they are human commands and doctrines. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Referring to things all of which perish with being used. To do this is to follow human precepts and doctrines. [Isa. 29:13.] American Standard Version (1901) (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men? Common English Bible All these things cease to exist when they are used. Such rules are human commandments and teachings. Catholic Public Domain Version which all lead to destruction by their very use, in accord with the precepts and doctrines of men. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Which all are unto destruction by the very use, according to the precepts and doctrines of men. |
The Lord said: These people approach me with their speeches to honour me with lip-service, yet their hearts are far from me, and human rules direct their worship of me.
On that day the deaf will hear the words of a document, and out of a deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
He will not show regard for the gods of his ancestors, the god desired by women, or for any other god, because he will magnify himself above all.
Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal of approval on him.’
‘Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food,’ and God will do away with both of them. However, the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
and may not pay attention to Jewish myths and the commands of people who reject the truth.
But these people, like irrational animals #– #creatures of instinct born to be caught and destroyed #– #slander what they do not understand, and in their destruction they too will be destroyed.
And the woman you saw is the great city that has royal power over the kings of the earth.’