Woe to the world because of snares! For snares must come, but woe to that man through whom the snare comes!
1 Corinthians 11:19 - Tree of Life Version for there must be factions among you, so that those among you who are tried and true may be evident. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For doubtless there have to be factions or parties among you in order that they who are genuine and of approved fitness may become evident and plainly recognized among you. American Standard Version (1901) For there must be also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you. Common English Bible It’s necessary that there are groups among you, to make it clear who is genuine. Catholic Public Domain Version For there must also be heresies, so that those who have been tested may be made manifest among you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For there must be also heresies: that they also, who are approved, may be made manifest among you. |
Woe to the world because of snares! For snares must come, but woe to that man through whom the snare comes!
Then Yeshua said to His disciples, “Stumbling blocks are bound to come, but woe to the one by whom they come!
so the thoughts of many hearts may be uncovered. (And even for you, a sword will pierce through your soul.)”
But some belonging to the party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the Torah of Moses.”
Even from among yourselves will arise men speaking perversions, to draw the disciples away after themselves.
“But this I confess to you, that according to the Way (which they call a sect), I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything written in the Torah and the Prophets.
For we have found this man to be a pest, stirring up riots among all the Jewish people throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Natzratim.
They have known about me for a long time—if they were willing to testify—that according to the strictest sect of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee.
But we think it appropriate to hear from you about what you think. For indeed, it is known to us that regarding this sect, it is spoken against everywhere.”
But the kohen gadol rose up, and all those with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.
Therefore, when you meet together in the same place, it is not to eat the Lord’s Supper—
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come, I may find you not as I wish, or I may be found by you not as you wish—that there may be strife, envy, outbursts of anger, self-seeking disputes, lashon ha-ra , gossip, arrogance, unruly commotions.
idolatry, witchcraft, hostility, strife, jealousy, rage, selfish ambition, dissension, factions,
and the sign or wonder he spoke to you comes true, while saying, ‘Let’s follow other gods’—that you have not known, and—‘Let’s serve them!’
They left us, but they didn’t really belong to us. If they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us so it became clear that none of them belongs to us.