though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,
Mark 9:43 - Y'all Version Bible If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is more beautiful for you to enter life maimed than to go hell with two hands, into the unquenchable fire. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if your hand puts a stumbling block before you and causes you to sin, cut it off! It is more profitable and wholesome for you to go into life [that is really worthwhile] maimed than with two hands to go to hell (Gehenna), into the fire that cannot be put out. American Standard Version (1901) And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire. Common English Bible If your hand causes you to fall into sin, chop it off. It’s better for you to enter into life crippled than to go away with two hands into the fire of hell, which can’t be put out. Catholic Public Domain Version where their worm does not die, and the fire is not extinguished. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Where there worm dieth not, and the fire is not extinguished. |
though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,
The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will quench them.”
Y’all must circumcise yourselves* to YHWH, and take away the foreskins of y’all’s heart, men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, or else my wrath will go out like fire and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the of y’all’s evil deeds.
But so that we don’t offend them, go to the sea and throw out a hook. Take up the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.”
Then he will say to those on the left, ‘Depart from me, y’all who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels;
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
But I tell y’all that everyone who is enraged with their sibling will be subject to judgment. Whoever calls their sibling, ‘You good-for-nothing!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
Instead, when you host a banquet, invite the poor, maimed, lame, and blind,
“The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house was enraged and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, crippled, blind, and lame.’
His winnowing fork is in his hand to cleanse his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
because if y’all live according the flesh, y’all will die. But if by the Spirit y’all put to death the deeds of the body, y’all will live.
Instead I beat my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself should not be disqualified.
Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Therefore, y’all must put to death the elements of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passions, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires, and to live moderately, righteously, and reverently in this present age,
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,
Therefore, putting away all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all slander,