But you did things that made the Lord’s enemies lose their respect for him! So your new baby son will die.”
Romans 2:24 - Easy To Read Version It is written in the Scriptures {\cf2\super [19]} : “The non-Jews say bad things about God because of you \{Jews\}.” {\cf2\super [20]} Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For, as it is written, The name of God is maligned and blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you! [The words to this effect are from your own Scriptures.] [Isa. 52:5; Ezek. 36:20.] American Standard Version (1901) For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written. Common English Bible As it is written: “The name of God is discredited by the Gentiles because of you”. Catholic Public Domain Version (For because of you the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles, just as it was written.) Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version (For the name of God through you is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.) |
But you did things that made the Lord’s enemies lose their respect for him! So your new baby son will die.”
Now look what has happened! Another nation has taken my people. That country did not pay to take my people. This nation rules my people and laughs at them. Those people always say bad things about me.”
So now, Son of man, {\cf2\super [143]} speak to the family of Israel. Tell them, ‘The Lord my Master says these things: The people of Israel said bad things about me and made evil plans against me.
I feel sorry for the people in the world because of the things that make people sin. Those things must happen. But it will be very bad for the person that causes those things to happen.
So I want the younger widows to marry, have children, and take care of their homes. If they do this, then our enemy will not have any reason to criticize them.
All people who are slaves should show full respect to their masters. When they do that, then God’s name and our teaching will not be criticized.
They can teach the younger women to be wise and to be pure, to take care of their homes, to be kind, and to be willing to serve their husbands. Then no person will be able to criticize the teaching God gave us.
And your teaching should be clearly right so that you cannot be criticized. Then any person who is against you will be ashamed because he has nothing bad that he can say against us.
Many people will follow them in the morally wrong things they do. And other people will say bad things about the Way of truth because of those people.