And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,
Matthew 7:11 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him? 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good and advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father Who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give good and advantageous things to those who keep on asking Him! American Standard Version (1901) If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Common English Bible If you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, if you, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your sons, how much more will your Father, who is in heaven, give good things to those who ask him? English Standard Version 2016 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! |
And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,
And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done.
But yet this hath seemed little in thy sight, O Lord God, unless thou didst also speak of the house of thy servant for a long time to come: for this is the law of Adam, O Lord God.
How much more is man abominable and unprofitable, who drinketh iniquity like water?
I will praise thee, O Lord my God: with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever:
Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her? and the Highest himself hath founded her.
Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? And if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee.
I will remember the tender mercies of the Lord, the praise of the Lord for all the things that the Lord hath bestowed upon us: and for the multitude of his good things to the house of Israel, which he hath given them according to his kindness and according to the multitude of his mercies.
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will perform the good word that I have spoken to the house of Israel and to the house of Juda.
Who is a God like to thee, who takest away iniquity, and passest by the sin of the remnant of thy inheritance? he will send his fury in no more, because he delighteth in mercy.
The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts.
For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting.
Now we know, that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be made subject to God.
What then? Do we excel them? No, not so. For we have charged both Jews, and Greeks, that they are all under sin.
He that spared not even his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how hath he not also, with him, given us all things?
But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise, by the faith of Jesus Christ, might be given to them that believe.
Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of alteration.
Behold what manner of charity the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called, and should be the sons of God. Therefore the world knoweth not us, because it knew not him.
In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.