And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have broken faith and married foreign women, and so increased the guilt of Israel.
2 Timothy 2:16 - English Standard Version 2016 But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But avoid all empty (vain, useless, idle) talk, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness. American Standard Version (1901) But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness, Common English Bible Avoid their godless discussions, because they will lead many people into ungodly behavior, Catholic Public Domain Version But avoid profane or empty talk. For these things advance one greatly in impiety. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But shun profane and vain babblings: for they grow much towards ungodliness. |
And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have broken faith and married foreign women, and so increased the guilt of Israel.
Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers,
Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness;
O Timothy, guard the deposit entrusted to you. Avoid the irreverent babble and contradictions of what is falsely called “knowledge,”
Remind them of these things, and charge them before God not to quarrel about words, which does no good, but only ruins the hearers.
Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work.
while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and the commands of people who turn away from the truth.
But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.
And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed.
and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast.