Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, a son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
James 3:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Such wisdom does not come down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This [superficial] wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual (animal), even devilish (demoniacal). American Standard Version (1901) This wisdom is not a wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. Common English Bible This is not the wisdom that comes down from above. Instead, it is from the earth, natural and demonic. Catholic Public Domain Version For this is not wisdom, descending from above, but rather it is earthly, beastly, and diabolical. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For this is not wisdom, descending from above: but earthly, sensual, devilish. |
Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, a son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
Then someone reported to David, ‘Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.’ ‘Lord,’ David pleaded, ‘please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness! ’
Now the advice Ahithophel gave in those days was like someone asking about a word from God #– #such was the regard that both David and Absalom had for Ahithophel’s advice.
‘For my people are fools; they do not know me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing what is evil, but they do not know how to do what is good.’
‘The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age are more shrewd than the children of light in dealing with their own people.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
and said, ‘You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery, you son of the devil and enemy of all that is right. Won’t you ever stop perverting the straight paths of the Lord?
Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.
But the person without the Spirit does not receive what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, since it is written, He catches the wise in their craftiness; ,
because you are still worldly. For since there is envy and strife , among you, are you not worldly and behaving like mere humans?
Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially towards you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom but by God’s grace.
But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame; and they are focused on earthly things.
The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with every kind of miracle, both signs and wonders serving the lie,
Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God #– #who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly #– #and it will be given to him.
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without pretence.
These people create divisions and are worldly, not having the Spirit.
So the great dragon was thrown out #– #the ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.
I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who haven’t known ‘the so-called secrets , of Satan’ #– #as they say #– #I am not putting any other burden on you.
They had as their king the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, , and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.