As for the deeds of humanity, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
1 John 4:5 - Y'all Version Bible They are of the world and therefore speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They proceed from the world and are of the world; therefore it is out of the world [its whole economy morally considered] that they speak, and the world listens (pays attention) to them. American Standard Version (1901) They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them. Common English Bible They are from the world. So they speak from the world’s point of view and the world listens to them. Catholic Public Domain Version They are of the world. Therefore, they speak about the world, and the world listens to them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are of the world: therefore of the world they speak, and the world heareth them. |
As for the deeds of humanity, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
For YHWH Almighty, the God of Israel says: “Y’all must not let your* prophets and diviners deceive y’all. And Y’all must not listen to the dreams which y’all encourage them to dream.
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will y’all do at the end of it?
If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies, saying, “I will prophesy to you of wine and beer,” he would be the prophet of this people.
“His master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age are more shrewd than the children of the light in dealing with their own people.
I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
“The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all.
He said to them, “Y’all are from below; I am from above. Y’all are of this world; I am not of this world.
For the time will come when people won’t put up with sound doctrine, but instead they will accumulate teachers who tickle their ears with what they desire.
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.