However, because by this deed you have made the enemies of Adonai greatly blaspheme, so even the child born to you will surely die.”
Romans 2:24 - Tree of Life Version For as it is written, “the name of God is slandered among the nations because of you.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For, as it is written, The name of God is maligned and blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you! [The words to this effect are from your own Scriptures.] [Isa. 52:5; Ezek. 36:20.] American Standard Version (1901) For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you, even as it is written. Common English Bible As it is written: “The name of God is discredited by the Gentiles because of you”. Catholic Public Domain Version (For because of you the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles, just as it was written.) Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version (For the name of God through you is blasphemed among the Gentiles, as it is written.) |
However, because by this deed you have made the enemies of Adonai greatly blaspheme, so even the child born to you will surely die.”
“Now therefore, what do I have here?” —it is a declaration of Adonai— “My people are taken away for nothing? Its rulers wail” —it is Adonai’s declaration— “and My Name is continually blasphemed all day long.
“Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Again your fathers have blasphemed Me, in that they dealt faithlessly with Me.
Woe to the world because of snares! For snares must come, but woe to that man through whom the snare comes!
Therefore, I want the younger widows to get married, have children, manage a household, and give no opportunity to the enemy for slander.
Let all who are under the yoke as slaves consider their own masters worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered.
to be self-controlled, pure, managing their household, kind, submitted to their own husbands, so that God’s word may not be dishonored.
sound speech beyond criticism—so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.
Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result the way of the truth will be maligned.