So the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of light.
1 John 4:5 - English Majority Text Version They are of the world: on account of this they speak of the world, and the world hears them. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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. |
So the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of light.
I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
He who comes from above is above all; he who is from the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
And He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are from this world; I am not from this world.
For there will be a time when they will not put up with sound doctrine, but according to their own lusts, they will heap up for themselves teachers, tickling their ears,
And the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.