Abraham himself told me, ‘This woman is my sister.’ And the woman also said, ‘This man is my brother.’ I am innocent. I did not know what I was doing.”
Philippians 1:10 - Easy To Read Version that you will see the difference between good and bad and choose the good;\par that you will be pure and without wrong\par for the coming of Christ;\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So that you may surely learn to sense what is vital, and approve and prize what is excellent and of real value [recognizing the highest and the best, and distinguishing the moral differences], and that you may be untainted and pure and unerring and blameless [so that with hearts sincere and certain and unsullied, you may approach] the day of Christ [not stumbling nor causing others to stumble]. American Standard Version (1901) so that ye may approve the things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and void of offence unto the day of Christ; Common English Bible I pray this so that you will be able to decide what really matters and so you will be sincere and blameless on the day of Christ. Catholic Public Domain Version so that you may be confirmed in what is better, in order that you may be sincere and without offense on the day of Christ: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That you may approve the better things, that you may be sincere and without offence unto the day of Christ, |
Abraham himself told me, ‘This woman is my sister.’ And the woman also said, ‘This man is my brother.’ I am innocent. I did not know what I was doing.”
But just like the tongue tastes food,\par the ears test the words they hear.\par
Your tongue tastes the food it touches.\par And your ear tests the words it hears.\par
But you hate good and love evil!\par You tear the skin off the people.\par You tear the flesh off their bones!\par
Then Jesus said to Peter, “Go away from me, Satan {\cf2\super [234]} ! You are not helping me! You don’t care about the things of God. You only care about things that people think are important.”
Peter answered, “All the other followers may lose their faith because of you. But I will never lose my faith.”
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him. Jesus said, “This man coming is truly one of God’s people. {\cf2\super [31]} There is nothing false in him.”
Every person that does evil hates the light. That person will not come to the light. Why? Because then the light will show all the bad things he has done.
This is why I always try to do what I believe is right before God and men.
Don’t change yourselves to be like the people of this world. But let God change you inside with a new way of thinking. Then you will be able to decide and accept what God wants for you. You will be able to know what things are good and pleasing to God and what things are perfect.
Your love must be real. Hate the things that are evil. Do only the things that are good.
Brothers and sisters, I ask you to be very careful of those people that cause people to be against each other. Be very careful of those people that upset other people’s faith. Those people are against the true teaching you learned. Stay away from those people.
You know what God wants you to do. And you know the things that are important, because you have learned the law.
And if I don’t want to do the \{bad\} things I do, then that means that I agree that the law is good.
Why is this true? Because if a person’s thinking is controlled by his sinful self, then that person is against God. That person refuses to obey God’s law. And really that person is not able to obey God’s law.
Jesus will keep you strong always until the end. He will keep you strong, so that there will be no wrong in you on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.
This is what we are proud of, and I can say with all my heart that it is true: In all the things we have done in the world, we have done everything with an honest and pure heart from God. And this is even more true in the things we have done with you. We did this by God’s grace (kindness), not by the kind of wisdom the world has.
We don’t sell the word of God for a profit like many other people do. No! But in Christ we speak in truth before God. We speak like men sent from God.
We don’t want people to find anything wrong with our work. So we do nothing that will be a problem to other people.
I am not commanding you to give. But I want to see if your love is true love. I do this by showing you that other people really want to help.
My brothers and sisters, I don’t teach that people must be circumcised. {\cf2\super [66]} If I do teach circumcision, {\cf2\super [67]} then why am I still being persecuted? If I still taught that people must be circumcised, then my telling them about the cross would not be a problem.
No! We will speak the truth with love. We will grow to be like Christ in every way. Christ is the head \{and we are the body\}.
Christ died so that he could give the church to himself \{like a bride\} full of glory (beauty). He died so that the church could be pure and without fault, with no evil or sin or any other thing wrong in the church.
God’s grace (kindness) to all of you who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love that never ends.
These people preach because they have love. They know that God gave me the work of defending the Good News. {\cf2\super [8]}
God began doing good things with you. And God is continuing that work in you. God will finish that work in you when Jesus Christ comes again. I am sure of that.
You offer those people the teaching that gives life. So I can be happy when Christ comes again. I can be happy because my work was not wasted. I ran in the race and won.
We pray this so that your hearts will be made strong. Then you will be holy {\cf2\super [11]} and without fault before our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy people.
We pray that God himself, the God of peace, will make you pure—belonging only to him. We pray that your whole self—spirit, soul, and body—will be kept safe and be without wrong when our Lord Jesus Christ comes.
Then Joshua said to the people, “Now you have heard the Lord’s words. So you must respect the Lord and truly serve him. Throw away the false gods that your ancestors worshiped. That was something that happened a long time ago on the other side of the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Now you must serve only the Lord.
My dear friends, many false prophets {\cf2\super [14]} are in the world now. So don’t believe every spirit. But test the spirits to see if they are from God.
I know what you do. You work hard, and you never quit. I know that you don’t accept evil people. You have tested those people who say that they are apostles {\cf2\super [12]} but are really not. You found that they are liars.