One who isolates oneself seeks his own desire; he defies all sound judgment.
Jude 1:19 - Tree of Life Version These are the ones who cause divisions—worldly-minded, not having the Ruach Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is these who are [agitators] setting up distinctions and causing divisions–merely sensual [creatures, carnal, worldly-minded people], devoid of the [Holy] Spirit and destitute of any higher spiritual life. American Standard Version (1901) These are they who make separations, sensual, having not the Spirit. Common English Bible These people create divisions. Since they don’t have the Spirit, they are worldly. Catholic Public Domain Version These are the ones who segregate themselves; they are animals, not having the Spirit. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These are they, who separate themselves, sensual men, having not the Spirit. |
One who isolates oneself seeks his own desire; he defies all sound judgment.
who say, ‘Keep to yourself, don’t come to me, for I am holier than you!’ These are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day.
For anyone from the house of Israel or the outsiders who dwell in Israel who breaks himself away from Me takes idols into his heart, puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me through him—I, Adonai, will answer him Myself.
Will I not punish your daughters for prostitution or your daughters-in-law for adultery? For they consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with cult prostitutes. A people without understanding will be thrust down.
“Like grapes in the wilderness I found Israel. Like early fruit on a fig tree in its first season I saw your fathers. They came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame. So they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
However, you are not in the flesh but in the Ruach—if indeed the Ruach Elohim dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Ruach of Messiah, he does not belong to Him.
Now a natural man does not accept the things of the Ruach Elohim, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Ruach ha-Kodesh who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own?
And do not neglect our own meetings, as is the habit of some, but encourage one another—and all the more so as you see the Day approaching.
This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.