‘How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you fools hate knowledge?
Romans 1:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I am bound both to Greeks and barbarians, , both to the wise and the foolish. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Both to Greeks and to barbarians (to the cultured and to the uncultured), both to the wise and the foolish, I have an obligation to discharge and a duty to perform and a debt to pay. American Standard Version (1901) I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. Common English Bible I have a responsibility both to Greeks and to those who don’t speak Greek, both to the wise and to the foolish. Catholic Public Domain Version To the Greeks and to the uncivilized, to the wise and to the foolish, I am in debt. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version To the Greeks and to the barbarians, to the wise and to the unwise, I am a debtor; |
‘How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance? How long will you mockers enjoy mocking and you fools hate knowledge?
Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced; develop common sense, you who are foolish.
A road will be there and a way; it will be called the Holy Way. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for the one who walks the path. Fools will not wander on it.
At that time Jesus said, ‘I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants.
At that time he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, ‘I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was your good pleasure. ,
‘He said to me, “Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.” ’
The local people showed us extraordinary kindness. They lit a fire and took us all in, since it was raining and cold.
When the local people saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, ‘This man, no doubt, is a murderer. Even though he has escaped the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.’
But the Lord said to him, ‘Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to take my name to Gentiles, kings, and Israelites.
I don’t want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you will not be conceited: A partial hardening has come upon Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation.
Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
The report of your obedience has reached everyone. Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise about what is good, and yet innocent about what is evil.
So then, brothers and sisters, we are not bound to the flesh to live according to the flesh,
Therefore, if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker will be a foreigner to me.
Otherwise, if you praise with the spirit, how will the outsider say ‘Amen’ at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying?
We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become a fool so that he can become wise.
For we don’t dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. But in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves to themselves, they lack understanding.
In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.
This is why I endure all things for the elect: so that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.