Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions, and the open copy;
1 Corinthians 11:16 - Revised Standard Version If any one is disposed to be contentious, we recognize no other practice, nor do the churches of God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now if anyone is disposed to be argumentative and contentious about this, we hold to and recognize no other custom [in worship] than this, nor do the churches of God generally. American Standard Version (1901) But if any man seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. Common English Bible But if someone wants to argue about this, we don’t have such a custom, nor do God’s churches. Catholic Public Domain Version But if anyone has a mind to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor does the Church of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor the church of God. |
Then I took the sealed deed of purchase, containing the terms and conditions, and the open copy;
and they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe the customs.
take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may shave their heads. Thus all will know that there is nothing in what they have been told about you but that you yourself live in observance of the law.
but if a woman has long hair, it is her pride? For her hair is given to her for a covering.
Now concerning the contribution for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do.
Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then every man will receive his commendation from God.
Only, let every one lead the life which the Lord has assigned to him, and in which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in the Lord?
Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?
For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judea; for you suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they did from the Jews,