Yes, y’all would even cast lots for the fatherless, and barter over your friend.
2 Peter 2:3 - Y'all Version Bible In greed, they will exploit y’all with deceptive words. Their judgement from of old is not idle, and their destruction is not sleeping. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And in their covetousness (lust, greed) they will exploit you with false (cunning) arguments. From of old the sentence [of condemnation] for them has not been idle; their destruction (eternal misery) has not been asleep. American Standard Version (1901) And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not. Common English Bible In their greed they will take advantage of you with lies. The judgment pronounced against them long ago hasn’t fallen idle, nor is their destruction sleeping. Catholic Public Domain Version And in avarice, they will negotiate about you with false words. Their judgment, in the near future, is not delayed, and their perdition does not sleep. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their perdition slumbereth not. |
Yes, y’all would even cast lots for the fatherless, and barter over your friend.
As soon as they hear of me they will obey me. The foreigners will submit themselves to me.
Y’all say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.
The haters of YHWH would cringe before ʜɪᴍ, and their punishment would last forever.
who say, “Let ʜɪᴍ make hurry do ʜɪꜱ work quickly, so that we may see it! Let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, so that we may know it!”
Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
The little one will become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation. I, YHWH, will do this quickly in its time.”
“For from their least even to their greatest, everyone is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.
Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
Y’all have profaned me among my people for a handful of barley and a scrap of bread. Y’all have killed the souls who should not die and saved the souls who should not live, by lying to my people who listen to lies.’
Her leaders judge for bribes, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets of it tell fortunes for money; yet they lean on YHWH, and say, “Isn’t YHWH among us? No disaster will come on us.”
God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and his praise filled the earth.
“Oh that there were one of y’all who would shut the temple doors, so that y’all would not uselessly kindle fire on my altar! I am not pleased with y’all,” says YHWH Almighty, “nor will I accept an offering from your* hand.
I tell y’all that ʜᴇ bring justice to them quickly. However, when the Son of Humanity comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
Then they watched him closely and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, so that they could trap him in something he said and deliver him up to the governor’s jurisdiction and authority.
While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared with the man called Judas, one of the twelve, leading them. He came near Jesus to kiss him,
He said to the dove sellers, “Y’all get these things out of here! Y’all must not make my Father’s house into a marketplace!”
For such people don’t serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. By their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
For we are not like so many who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as those from God and before God.
You must not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides, for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.”
For y’all know that we never came with flattering speech or with a cover for greed—God is our witness—
While people are saying, “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, like birth pains on a pregnant woman, and then there will be no escape.
not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, peaceable, free from the desire for money.
Deacons likewise must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for sordid gain,
and constant friction between humans with corrupt minds who are destitute of the truth and suppose that godliness is a means of gain.
It is necessary to shut their mouths because they are disrupting entire households by teaching things they shouldn’t for dishonest gain.
As a household manager for God, the overseer must be unaccusable, not arrogant, not quick-tempered, not always around wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain,
and, “a stumbling stone and a rock of offense.” For they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, as they were also appointed to do.
Y’all are to shepherd the flock of God around y’all, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly according to God’s direction; not for dishonest gain, but eagerly;
For we didn’t follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to y’all the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
But false prophets also appeared among the people, just as there will be false teachers among y’all. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.
then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,
Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, rushed into the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly concerning all their deeds of ungodliness that they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against ʜɪᴍ.”
These are grumblers and complainers, following after their desires. Their mouths speak proud things, flattering people to gain advantage.
For certain humans crept in secretly, those whose condemnation was written about long ago. They are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into sensuality and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Similarly, Sodom, Gomorrah, and the cities around them, gave themselves over to sexual immorality and pursued flesh in unnatural ways. They are displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.