On that day people will throw their worthless idols of silver and gold, which they made to worship, to the moles and the bats.
James 1:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So get rid of all uncleanness and the rampant outgrowth of wickedness, and in a humble (gentle, modest) spirit receive and welcome the Word which implanted and rooted [in your hearts] contains the power to save your souls. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. Common English Bible Therefore, with humility, set aside all moral filth and the growth of wickedness, and welcome the word planted deep inside you—the very word that is able to save you. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, having cast away all uncleanness and an abundance of malice, receive with meekness the newly-grafted Word, which is able to save your souls. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore casting away all uncleanness, and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls. |
On that day people will throw their worthless idols of silver and gold, which they made to worship, to the moles and the bats.
The humble will have joy after joy in the Lord, and the poor people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Then you will defile your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, and call them filth.
The Spirit of the Lord God is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners;
Throw off all the transgressions you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, house of Israel?
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
Seek the Lord, all you humble of the earth, who carry out what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be concealed on the day of the Lord’s anger.
The Spirit is the one who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
Simon Peter answered, ‘Lord, to whom will we go? You have the words of eternal life.
So I immediately sent for you, and it was good of you to come. So now we are all in the presence of God to hear everything you have been commanded by the Lord.’
‘Brothers and sisters, children of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, it is to us that the word of this salvation has been sent.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, , because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.
Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, though a wild olive branch, were grafted in among them and have come to share in the rich root of the cultivated olive tree,
But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching to which you were handed over,
and by which you are being saved, if you hold to the message I preached to you #– #unless you believed in vain.
So then, dear friends, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
In him you also were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and when you believed.
to take off , your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires,
Therefore, putting away lying, speak the truth, each one to his neighbour, , because we are members of one another.
Obscene and foolish talking or crude joking are not suitable, but rather giving thanks.
because our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with full assurance. You know how we lived among you for your benefit,
This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is, the word of God, which also works effectively in you who believe.
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation had its beginning when it was spoken of by the Lord, and it was confirmed to us by those who heard him.
For we also have received the good news just as they did. But the message they heard did not benefit them, since they were not united with those who heard it in faith. ,
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
let that person know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.
Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth, so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, from a pure heart love one another constantly, ,
because you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.
Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul.