Then Elijah approached all the people and said, ‘How long will you waver between two opinions? , If the Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal, follow him.’ But the people didn’t answer him a word.
James 1:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised being double-minded and unstable in all his ways. , Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [For being as he is] a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), [he is] unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything [he thinks, feels, decides]. American Standard Version (1901) a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways. Common English Bible They are double-minded, unstable in all their ways. Catholic Public Domain Version For a man who is of two minds is inconstant in all his ways. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways. |
Then Elijah approached all the people and said, ‘How long will you waver between two opinions? , If the Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal, follow him.’ But the people didn’t answer him a word.
They feared the Lord, but they also worshipped their own gods according to the practice of the nations from which they had been deported.
They feared the Lord but also served their idols. Still today, their children and grandchildren continue doing as their ancestors did.
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.
Their hearts are devious; , now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.
‘The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
‘No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
They have eyes full of adultery that never stop looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!
He speaks about these things in all his letters. There are some things hard to understand in them. The untaught and unstable will twist them to their own destruction, as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures.