Galatians 5:20 - Easy To Read Version worshiping false gods, doing witchcraft, {\cf2\super [73]} hating, making trouble, having jealousy, being very angry, being selfish, making people mad at each other, making divisions, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger (ill temper), selfishness, divisions (dissensions), party spirit (factions, sects with peculiar opinions, heresies), American Standard Version (1901) idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, parties, Common English Bible idolatry, drug use and casting spells, hate, fighting, obsession, losing your temper, competitive opposition, conflict, selfishness, group rivalry, Catholic Public Domain Version the serving of idols, drug use, hostility, contentiousness, jealousy, wrath, quarrels, dissensions, divisions, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects, |
Manasseh also burned his own children for a sacrifice {\cf2\super [403]} in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. {\cf2\super [404]} Manasseh also used magic by doing soothsaying, divination, and sorcery. {\cf2\super [405]} He talked with mediums {\cf2\super [406]} and wizards. {\cf2\super [407]} Manasseh did many things that the Lord said was wrong, and this made the Lord angry.
“Son of man, {\cf2\super [173]} bronze, iron, lead, and tin are worthless compared to silver. \{Workers put silver into fire to make it pure. The silver melts and the workers separate it from the waste.\} The nation of Israel has become like that worthless waste.
But other people are selfish and refuse to follow truth. Those people follow evil. God will give those people his punishment and anger.
(It is necessary for there to be differences among you. That is the way to make it clear which ones of you are really doing right.)
I do this because I am afraid that when I come you will not be what I want you to be. And I am afraid that I will not be what you want me to be. I am afraid that \{in your group\} there may be arguing, jealousy, anger, selfish fighting, evil talk, gossip, pride, and confusion.
If you continue hurting each other and tearing each other apart, be careful! You will completely destroy each other.
Don’t sacrifice your sons or daughters in the fires on your altars. [117] Don’t try to learn what will happen in the future by talking to a fortune teller or by going to a magician, a witch or a sorcerer.
I am asking you for my son Onesimus. He became my son while I was in prison.
If you are selfish and have bitter jealousy in your hearts, then you have no reason to boast. Your boasting is a lie that hides the truth.
In the past there were false prophets {\cf2\super [6]} among \{God’s\} people. It is the same now. You will have some false teachers in your group. They will teach things that are wrong—teachings that will make people be lost. And those false teachers will teach in a way that will be hard for you to see that they are wrong. They will even refuse to accept the Master (Jesus) who bought their freedom. And so they will quickly destroy themselves.
Every person who hates his brother or sister is a murderer. {\cf2\super [12]} And you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.
But the people who are cowards, people who refuse to believe, people who do terrible things, people who kill, people who sin sexually, people who do evil magic, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [159]} and people who tell lies—all those people will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
Refusing to obey is as bad as the sin of sorcery. [139] Being stubborn and doing what you want is like the sin of worshiping idols. You refused to obey the Lord’s command. For this reason, the Lord now refuses to accept you as king.”