Then I took the purchase deed, both the sealed copy, containing the terms and conditions, and the open copy,
1 Corinthians 11:16 - Tree of Life Version But if anyone intends to be contentious, we have no such custom—nor do God’s communities. 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 purchase deed, both the sealed copy, containing the terms and conditions, and the open copy,
They have been told about you—that you teach all the Jewish people among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or to walk according to the customs.
Take them, and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may shave their heads. That way, all will realize there is nothing to the things they have been told about you, but that you yourself walk in an orderly manner, keeping the Torah.
but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory, for her hair was given to her as a covering.
Now concerning the collection for the kedoshim, as I directed Messiah’s communities in Galatia, you do likewise.
Therefore do not judge anything before the time—wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the things hidden in darkness and also make clear the motives of the hearts. Then the praise for each one will come from God.
Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, let him walk in this way. I give this rule in all of Messiah’s communities.
Am I not free? Am I not an emissary? Have I not seen Yeshua our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?
For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s communities in Messiah Yeshua that are in Judea—for you suffered the same things at the hands of your own countrymen as they did from the Judean leaders,