If you stop listening to correction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
James 5:19 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised My brothers and sisters, if any among you strays from the truth, and someone turns him back, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [My] brethren, if anyone among you strays from the Truth and falls into error and another [person] brings him back [to God], American Standard Version (1901) My brethren, if any among you err from the truth, and one convert him; Common English Bible My brothers and sisters, if any of you wander from the truth and someone turns back the wanderer, Catholic Public Domain Version My brothers, if anyone of you strays from the truth, and if someone converts him, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My brethren, if any of you err from the truth, and one convert him: |
If you stop listening to correction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Youths oppress my people, and women rule over them. My people, your leaders mislead you; they confuse the direction of your paths.
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bandage the injured, and strengthen the weak, but I will destroy the fat and the strong. I will shepherd them with justice.
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the ill, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
‘If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.
But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And you, when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.’
Brothers and sisters, if someone is overtaken in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual, restore such a person with a gentle spirit, , watching out for yourselves so that you won’t also be tempted.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
By professing it, some people have departed from the faith. Grace be with you all.
They have departed from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and are ruining the faith of some.
He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he is also clothed with weakness.
My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and deny the truth.
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.
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.
Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, have plunged into Balaam’s error for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.