And Ezra, the priest, rose up, and he said to them: "You have transgressed, and you have taken foreign wives, so that you added to the offenses of Israel.
2 Timothy 2:16 - Catholic Public Domain Version But avoid profane or empty talk. For these things advance one greatly in impiety. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But avoid all empty (vain, useless, idle) talk, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness. American Standard Version (1901) But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness, Common English Bible Avoid their godless discussions, because they will lead many people into ungodly behavior, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But shun profane and vain babblings: for they grow much towards ungodliness. English Standard Version 2016 But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, |
And Ezra, the priest, rose up, and he said to them: "You have transgressed, and you have taken foreign wives, so that you added to the offenses of Israel.
Ephraim feeds on wind and follows burning heat; all day long he multiplies lies and desolation. And he has entered into a pact with the Assyrians, and he has carried oil into Egypt.
It is not good for you to glory. Do you not know that a little leaven corrupts the entire mass?
Knowing this, that the law was not set in place for the just, but for the unjust and the insubordinate, for the impious and sinners, for the wicked and the defiled, for those who commit patricide, matricide, or homicide,
But avoid the silly fables of old women. And exercise yourself so as to advance in piety.
O Timothy, guard what has been deposited with you, avoiding the voice of profane novelties and of opposing ideas, which are falsely called knowledge.
Insist on these things, testifying before the Lord. Do not be contentious about words, for this is useful for nothing but the subversion of listeners.
If anyone, then, will have cleansed himself from these things, he shall be a vessel held in honor, sanctified and useful to the Lord, prepared for every good work.
These must be reproved, for they subvert entire houses, teaching things which should not be taught, for the favor of shameful gain.
not paying attention to Jewish fables, nor to the rules of men who have turned themselves away from the truth.
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, as well as arguments against the law. For these are useless and empty.
Be contemplative, lest anyone lack the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness spring up and impede you, and by it, many might be defiled,
For, speaking with the arrogance of vanity, they lure, by the desires of fleshly pleasures, those who are fleeing to some extent, who are being turned from error,
And many persons will follow their indulgences; through such persons, the way of truth will be blasphemed.
And she seduced those living on the earth, by means of the signs that were given to her to perform in the sight of the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth that they should make an image of the beast who had a wound of the sword and yet lived.
And I saw that one of its heads seemed to be slain unto death, but his deadly wound was healed. And the entire world was in wonder following the beast.