Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say, “You can’t eat from any tree in the garden”? ’
Matthew 10:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves; be wary and wise as serpents, and be innocent (harmless, guileless, and without falsity) as doves. [Gen. 3:1.] American Standard Version (1901) Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Common English Bible “Look, I’m sending you as sheep among wolves. Therefore, be wise as snakes and innocent as doves. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be as prudent as serpents and as simple as doves. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves. |
Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God really say, “You can’t eat from any tree in the garden”? ’
So the Lord God asked the woman, ‘What have you done? ’ And the woman said, ‘The serpent deceived me, and I ate.’
So I stationed people behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.
But Gedaliah son of Ahikam responded to Johanan son of Kareah, ‘Don’t do that! What you’re saying about Ishmael is a lie.’
So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove; they call to Egypt, and they go to Assyria.
‘Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household, to give them food at the proper time?
‘The wise ones answered, “No, there won’t be enough for us and for you. Go instead to those who sell oil, and buy some for yourselves.”
for I will give you such words and a wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.
Brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.
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.
We are taking this precaution so that no one will criticise us about this large sum that we are administering.
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world,
For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
You are witnesses, and so is God, of how devoutly, righteously, and blamelessly we conducted ourselves with you believers.