And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote;
Colossians 2:22 - Revised Standard Version (referring to things which all perish as they are used), according to human precepts and doctrines? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Referring to things all of which perish with being used. To do this is to follow human precepts and doctrines. [Isa. 29:13.] American Standard Version (1901) (all which things are to perish with the using), after the precepts and doctrines of men? Common English Bible All these things cease to exist when they are used. Such rules are human commandments and teachings. Catholic Public Domain Version which all lead to destruction by their very use, in accord with the precepts and doctrines of men. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Which all are unto destruction by the very use, according to the precepts and doctrines of men. |
And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote;
In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.
He shall give no heed to the gods of his fathers, or to the one beloved by women; he shall not give heed to any other god, for he shall magnify himself above all.
Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.”
“Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
instead of giving heed to Jewish myths or to commands of men who reject the truth.
But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and killed, reviling in matters of which they are ignorant, will be destroyed in the same destruction with them,
And the woman that you saw is the great city which has dominion over the kings of the earth.”