As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
1 John 4:5 - American Standard Version (1901) They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them. 更多版本King 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. 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. English Standard Version 2016 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. |
As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.
I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts;
And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.