1 Peter 2:1 So clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy and hurtful talk. You’ve had a taste of God. Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of G...

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The Message - So clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy and hurtful talk. You’ve had a taste of God. Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of God’s pure kindness. Then you’ll grow up mature and whole in God.
新标点和合本 - 所以，你们既除去一切的恶毒（或作“阴毒”）、诡诈，并假善、嫉妒，和一切毁谤的话，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 所以，你们要除去一切的恶毒，一切诡诈、假善、嫉妒，和一切毁谤的话。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 所以，你们要除去一切的恶毒，一切诡诈、假善、嫉妒，和一切毁谤的话。
当代译本 - 因此，你们要除去一切恶毒、欺诈、虚伪、嫉妒和毁谤。
圣经新译本 - 所以要除去一切恶毒、一切诡诈、虚伪、嫉妒和一切毁谤的话，
中文标准译本 - 所以，你们要脱去一切恶毒、一切诡诈、伪善、嫉妒，以及一切的诽谤，
现代标点和合本 - 所以，你们既除去一切的恶毒、诡诈，并假善、嫉妒和一切毁谤的话，
和合本（拼音版） - 所以，你们既除去一切的恶毒、诡诈并假善、嫉妒和一切毁谤的话，
New International Version - Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.
New International Reader's Version - So get rid of every kind of evil, and stop telling lies. Don’t pretend to be something you are not. Stop wanting what others have, and don’t speak against one another.
English Standard Version - So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
New Living Translation - So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech.
Christian Standard Bible - Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.
New American Standard Bible - Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
New King James Version - Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,
Amplified Bible - So put aside every trace of malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander and hateful speech;
American Standard Version - Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
King James Version - Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
New English Translation - So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
World English Bible - Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
新標點和合本 - 所以，你們既除去一切的惡毒（或譯：陰毒）、詭詐，並假善、嫉妒，和一切毀謗的話，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 所以，你們要除去一切的惡毒，一切詭詐、假善、嫉妒，和一切毀謗的話。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 所以，你們要除去一切的惡毒，一切詭詐、假善、嫉妒，和一切毀謗的話。
當代譯本 - 因此，你們要除去一切惡毒、欺詐、虛偽、嫉妒和毀謗。
聖經新譯本 - 所以要除去一切惡毒、一切詭詐、虛偽、嫉妒和一切毀謗的話，
呂振中譯本 - 所以你們既脫去了一切惡毒、一切詭詐裝假和嫉妒、以及一切毁謗的事，
中文標準譯本 - 所以，你們要脫去一切惡毒、一切詭詐、偽善、嫉妒，以及一切的誹謗，
現代標點和合本 - 所以，你們既除去一切的惡毒、詭詐，並假善、嫉妒和一切毀謗的話，
文理和合譯本 - 爾既霑主之仁澤、去諸惡慝、詭譎、偽善、媢嫉、毀謗、
文理委辦譯本 - 當去諸暴戾、詭譎、偽善、媢嫉、毀謗、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 故爾當去一切暴狠、詭譎、偽善、嫉妒、及諸毀謗、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 是宜痛絕一切惡意、欺詐、虛偽忮心、譖謗、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Por lo tanto, abandonando toda maldad y todo engaño, hipocresía, envidias y toda calumnia,
현대인의 성경 - 그러므로 여러분은 모든 악한 생각과 속임수와 위선과 시기와 온갖 비방을 버리고
Новый Русский Перевод - Итак, освободитесь от всякой злобы, лжи, лицемерия, зависти и клеветы.
Восточный перевод - Итак, освободитесь от всякой злобы, лжи, лицемерия, зависти и клеветы.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Итак, освободитесь от всякой злобы, лжи, лицемерия, зависти и клеветы.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Итак, освободитесь от всякой злобы, лжи, лицемерия, зависти и клеветы.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Rejetez donc toutes les formes de méchanceté et de ruse, l’hypocrisie, la jalousie, et toute médisance.
リビングバイブル - ですから、悪意、偽り、偽善、ねたみ、悪口を捨てなさい。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ἀποθέμενοι οὖν πᾶσαν κακίαν καὶ πάντα δόλον καὶ ὑποκρίσεις καὶ φθόνους καὶ πάσας καταλαλιὰς
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἀποθέμενοι οὖν πᾶσαν κακίαν, καὶ πάντα δόλον, καὶ ὑποκρίσεις, καὶ φθόνους, καὶ πάσας καταλαλιάς,
Nova Versão Internacional - Portanto, livrem-se de toda maldade e de todo engano, hipocrisia, inveja e toda espécie de maledicência.
Hoffnung für alle - Hört auf mit aller Bosheit und allem Betrug! Heuchelei, Neid und Verleumdung darf es bei euch nicht länger geben.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Hãy bỏ hết mọi hận thù, gian trá, giả nhân giả nghĩa, ganh tị, nói hành.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะฉะนั้นท่านทั้งหลายจงขจัดสารพัดความมุ่งร้าย การฉ้อฉล ความหน้าซื่อใจคด ความอิจฉาริษยา และการว่าร้ายทุกอย่างไปจากตัวท่าน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ดังนั้น จงกำจัดความคิดปองร้ายและการล่อลวงทั้งปวง ความเป็นคนหน้าไหว้หลังหลอก ความอิจฉา และการว่าร้ายทุกชนิด

交叉引用

Luke 12:1 - By this time the crowd, unwieldy and stepping on each other’s toes, numbered into the thousands. But Jesus’ primary concern was his disciples. He said to them, “Watch yourselves carefully so you don’t get contaminated with Pharisee yeast, Pharisee phoniness. You can’t keep your true self hidden forever; before long you’ll be exposed. You can’t hide behind a religious mask forever; sooner or later the mask will slip and your true face will be known. You can’t whisper one thing in private and preach the opposite in public; the day’s coming when those whispers will be repeated all over town.
Mark 12:15 - He knew it was a trick question, and said, “Why are you playing these games with me? Bring me a coin and let me look at it.” They handed him one. “This engraving—who does it look like? And whose name is on it?” “Caesar,” they said.
Isaiah 2:20 - On that Day men and women will take the sticks and stones They’ve decked out in gold and silver to look like gods and then worshiped, And they will dump them in any ditch or gully, Then run for rock caves and cliff hideouts To hide from the terror of God, from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth, towering and terrifying.
Proverbs 24:19 - Don’t bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. Those people have no future at all; they’re headed down a dead-end street.
John 1:47 - When Jesus saw him coming he said, “There’s a real Israelite, not a false bone in his body.”
1 Thessalonians 2:3 - God tested us thoroughly to make sure we were qualified to be trusted with this Message. Be assured that when we speak to you we’re not after crowd approval—only God approval. Since we’ve been put through that battery of tests, you’re guaranteed that both we and the Message are free of error, mixed motives, or hidden agendas. We never used words to butter you up. No one knows that better than you. And God knows we never used words as a smoke screen to take advantage of you.
1 Peter 1:18 - Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.
1 Peter 1:22 - Now that you’ve cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it. Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God’s living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself! That’s why the prophet said, The old life is a grass life, its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers wilt, God’s Word goes on and on forever. This is the Word that conceived the new life in you.
Proverbs 14:30 - A sound mind makes for a robust body, but runaway emotions corrode the bones.
2 Corinthians 12:20 - I do admit that I have fears that when I come you’ll disappoint me and I’ll disappoint you, and in frustration with each other everything will fall to pieces—quarrels, jealousy, flaring tempers, taking sides, angry words, vicious rumors, swelled heads, and general bedlam. I don’t look forward to a second humiliation by God among you, compounded by hot tears over that crowd that keeps sinning over and over in the same old ways, who refuse to turn away from the pigsty of evil, sexual disorder, and indecency in which they wallow.
Proverbs 24:1 - Don’t envy bad people; don’t even want to be around them. All they think about is causing a disturbance; all they talk about is making trouble.
Galatians 5:22 - But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely.
Galatians 5:23 - Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good—crucified.
Galatians 5:25 - Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives. That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.
James 3:17 - Real wisdom, God’s wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.
Psalms 37:1 - Don’t bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. In no time they’ll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun.
1 Corinthians 14:20 - To be perfectly frank, I’m getting exasperated with your childish thinking. How long before you grow up and use your head—your adult head? It’s all right to have a childlike unfamiliarity with evil; a simple no is all that’s needed there. But there’s far more to saying yes to something. Only mature and well-exercised intelligence can save you from falling into gullibility. It’s written in Scripture that God said, In strange tongues and from the mouths of strangers I will preach to this people, but they’ll neither listen nor believe. So where does it get you, all this speaking in tongues no one understands? It doesn’t help believers, and it only gives unbelievers something to gawk at. Plain truth-speaking, on the other hand, goes straight to the heart of believers and doesn’t get in the way of unbelievers. If you come together as a congregation and some unbelieving outsiders walk in on you as you’re all praying in tongues, unintelligible to each other and to them, won’t they assume you’ve taken leave of your senses and get out of there as fast as they can? But if some unbelieving outsiders walk in on a service where people are speaking out God’s truth, the plain words will bring them up against the truth and probe their hearts. Before you know it, they’re going to be on their faces before God, recognizing that God is among you.
Psalms 32:2 - Count yourself lucky— God holds nothing against you and you’re holding nothing back from him.
Psalms 34:13 - Guard your tongue from profanity, and no more lying through your teeth.
Colossians 3:5 - And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy. That’s a life shaped by things and feelings instead of by God. It’s because of this kind of thing that God is about to explode in anger. It wasn’t long ago that you were doing all that stuff and not knowing any better. But you know better now, so make sure it’s all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.
Titus 3:3 - It wasn’t so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, easy marks for sin, ordered every which way by our glands, going around with a chip on our shoulder, hated and hating back. But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all that. It was all his doing; we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit. Our Savior Jesus poured out new life so generously. God’s gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there’s more life to come—an eternity of life! You can count on this.
James 5:9 - Friends, don’t complain about each other. A far greater complaint could be lodged against you, you know. The Judge is standing just around the corner.
Hebrews 12:1 - Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!
Ephesians 4:25 - What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense. Tell your neighbor the truth. In Christ’s body we’re all connected to each other, after all. When you lie to others, you end up lying to yourself.
James 4:11 - Don’t bad-mouth each other, friends. It’s God’s Word, his Message, his Royal Rule, that takes a beating in that kind of talk. You’re supposed to be honoring the Message, not writing graffiti all over it. God is in charge of deciding human destiny. Who do you think you are to meddle in the destiny of others?
Ephesians 4:31 - Make a clean break with all cutting, backbiting, profane talk. Be gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you.

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交叉引用

The Message - So clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy and hurtful talk. You’ve had a taste of God. Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep of God’s pure kindness. Then you’ll grow up mature and whole in God.
新标点和合本 - 所以，你们既除去一切的恶毒（或作“阴毒”）、诡诈，并假善、嫉妒，和一切毁谤的话，
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 所以，你们要除去一切的恶毒，一切诡诈、假善、嫉妒，和一切毁谤的话。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 所以，你们要除去一切的恶毒，一切诡诈、假善、嫉妒，和一切毁谤的话。
当代译本 - 因此，你们要除去一切恶毒、欺诈、虚伪、嫉妒和毁谤。
圣经新译本 - 所以要除去一切恶毒、一切诡诈、虚伪、嫉妒和一切毁谤的话，
中文标准译本 - 所以，你们要脱去一切恶毒、一切诡诈、伪善、嫉妒，以及一切的诽谤，
现代标点和合本 - 所以，你们既除去一切的恶毒、诡诈，并假善、嫉妒和一切毁谤的话，
和合本（拼音版） - 所以，你们既除去一切的恶毒、诡诈并假善、嫉妒和一切毁谤的话，
New International Version - Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.
New International Reader's Version - So get rid of every kind of evil, and stop telling lies. Don’t pretend to be something you are not. Stop wanting what others have, and don’t speak against one another.
English Standard Version - So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
New Living Translation - So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech.
Christian Standard Bible - Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.
New American Standard Bible - Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
New King James Version - Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,
Amplified Bible - So put aside every trace of malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander and hateful speech;
American Standard Version - Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
King James Version - Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
New English Translation - So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
World English Bible - Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
新標點和合本 - 所以，你們既除去一切的惡毒（或譯：陰毒）、詭詐，並假善、嫉妒，和一切毀謗的話，
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 所以，你們要除去一切的惡毒，一切詭詐、假善、嫉妒，和一切毀謗的話。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 所以，你們要除去一切的惡毒，一切詭詐、假善、嫉妒，和一切毀謗的話。
當代譯本 - 因此，你們要除去一切惡毒、欺詐、虛偽、嫉妒和毀謗。
聖經新譯本 - 所以要除去一切惡毒、一切詭詐、虛偽、嫉妒和一切毀謗的話，
呂振中譯本 - 所以你們既脫去了一切惡毒、一切詭詐裝假和嫉妒、以及一切毁謗的事，
中文標準譯本 - 所以，你們要脫去一切惡毒、一切詭詐、偽善、嫉妒，以及一切的誹謗，
現代標點和合本 - 所以，你們既除去一切的惡毒、詭詐，並假善、嫉妒和一切毀謗的話，
文理和合譯本 - 爾既霑主之仁澤、去諸惡慝、詭譎、偽善、媢嫉、毀謗、
文理委辦譯本 - 當去諸暴戾、詭譎、偽善、媢嫉、毀謗、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 故爾當去一切暴狠、詭譎、偽善、嫉妒、及諸毀謗、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 是宜痛絕一切惡意、欺詐、虛偽忮心、譖謗、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Por lo tanto, abandonando toda maldad y todo engaño, hipocresía, envidias y toda calumnia,
현대인의 성경 - 그러므로 여러분은 모든 악한 생각과 속임수와 위선과 시기와 온갖 비방을 버리고
Новый Русский Перевод - Итак, освободитесь от всякой злобы, лжи, лицемерия, зависти и клеветы.
Восточный перевод - Итак, освободитесь от всякой злобы, лжи, лицемерия, зависти и клеветы.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Итак, освободитесь от всякой злобы, лжи, лицемерия, зависти и клеветы.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Итак, освободитесь от всякой злобы, лжи, лицемерия, зависти и клеветы.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Rejetez donc toutes les formes de méchanceté et de ruse, l’hypocrisie, la jalousie, et toute médisance.
リビングバイブル - ですから、悪意、偽り、偽善、ねたみ、悪口を捨てなさい。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ἀποθέμενοι οὖν πᾶσαν κακίαν καὶ πάντα δόλον καὶ ὑποκρίσεις καὶ φθόνους καὶ πάσας καταλαλιὰς
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ἀποθέμενοι οὖν πᾶσαν κακίαν, καὶ πάντα δόλον, καὶ ὑποκρίσεις, καὶ φθόνους, καὶ πάσας καταλαλιάς,
Nova Versão Internacional - Portanto, livrem-se de toda maldade e de todo engano, hipocrisia, inveja e toda espécie de maledicência.
Hoffnung für alle - Hört auf mit aller Bosheit und allem Betrug! Heuchelei, Neid und Verleumdung darf es bei euch nicht länger geben.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Hãy bỏ hết mọi hận thù, gian trá, giả nhân giả nghĩa, ganh tị, nói hành.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะฉะนั้นท่านทั้งหลายจงขจัดสารพัดความมุ่งร้าย การฉ้อฉล ความหน้าซื่อใจคด ความอิจฉาริษยา และการว่าร้ายทุกอย่างไปจากตัวท่าน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ดังนั้น จงกำจัดความคิดปองร้ายและการล่อลวงทั้งปวง ความเป็นคนหน้าไหว้หลังหลอก ความอิจฉา และการว่าร้ายทุกชนิด

Luke 12:1 - By this time the crowd, unwieldy and stepping on each other’s toes, numbered into the thousands. But Jesus’ primary concern was his disciples. He said to them, “Watch yourselves carefully so you don’t get contaminated with Pharisee yeast, Pharisee phoniness. You can’t keep your true self hidden forever; before long you’ll be exposed. You can’t hide behind a religious mask forever; sooner or later the mask will slip and your true face will be known. You can’t whisper one thing in private and preach the opposite in public; the day’s coming when those whispers will be repeated all over town.
Mark 12:15 - He knew it was a trick question, and said, “Why are you playing these games with me? Bring me a coin and let me look at it.” They handed him one. “This engraving—who does it look like? And whose name is on it?” “Caesar,” they said.
Isaiah 2:20 - On that Day men and women will take the sticks and stones They’ve decked out in gold and silver to look like gods and then worshiped, And they will dump them in any ditch or gully, Then run for rock caves and cliff hideouts To hide from the terror of God, from his dazzling presence, When he assumes his full stature on earth, towering and terrifying.
Proverbs 24:19 - Don’t bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. Those people have no future at all; they’re headed down a dead-end street.
John 1:47 - When Jesus saw him coming he said, “There’s a real Israelite, not a false bone in his body.”
1 Thessalonians 2:3 - God tested us thoroughly to make sure we were qualified to be trusted with this Message. Be assured that when we speak to you we’re not after crowd approval—only God approval. Since we’ve been put through that battery of tests, you’re guaranteed that both we and the Message are free of error, mixed motives, or hidden agendas. We never used words to butter you up. No one knows that better than you. And God knows we never used words as a smoke screen to take advantage of you.
1 Peter 1:18 - Your life is a journey you must travel with a deep consciousness of God. It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in. He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb. And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately—at the end of the ages—become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you. It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.
1 Peter 1:22 - Now that you’ve cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it. Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God’s living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself! That’s why the prophet said, The old life is a grass life, its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers wilt, God’s Word goes on and on forever. This is the Word that conceived the new life in you.
Proverbs 14:30 - A sound mind makes for a robust body, but runaway emotions corrode the bones.
2 Corinthians 12:20 - I do admit that I have fears that when I come you’ll disappoint me and I’ll disappoint you, and in frustration with each other everything will fall to pieces—quarrels, jealousy, flaring tempers, taking sides, angry words, vicious rumors, swelled heads, and general bedlam. I don’t look forward to a second humiliation by God among you, compounded by hot tears over that crowd that keeps sinning over and over in the same old ways, who refuse to turn away from the pigsty of evil, sexual disorder, and indecency in which they wallow.
Proverbs 24:1 - Don’t envy bad people; don’t even want to be around them. All they think about is causing a disturbance; all they talk about is making trouble.
Galatians 5:22 - But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard—things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely.
Galatians 5:23 - Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good—crucified.
Galatians 5:25 - Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives. That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.
James 3:17 - Real wisdom, God’s wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.
Psalms 37:1 - Don’t bother your head with braggarts or wish you could succeed like the wicked. In no time they’ll shrivel like grass clippings and wilt like cut flowers in the sun.
1 Corinthians 14:20 - To be perfectly frank, I’m getting exasperated with your childish thinking. How long before you grow up and use your head—your adult head? It’s all right to have a childlike unfamiliarity with evil; a simple no is all that’s needed there. But there’s far more to saying yes to something. Only mature and well-exercised intelligence can save you from falling into gullibility. It’s written in Scripture that God said, In strange tongues and from the mouths of strangers I will preach to this people, but they’ll neither listen nor believe. So where does it get you, all this speaking in tongues no one understands? It doesn’t help believers, and it only gives unbelievers something to gawk at. Plain truth-speaking, on the other hand, goes straight to the heart of believers and doesn’t get in the way of unbelievers. If you come together as a congregation and some unbelieving outsiders walk in on you as you’re all praying in tongues, unintelligible to each other and to them, won’t they assume you’ve taken leave of your senses and get out of there as fast as they can? But if some unbelieving outsiders walk in on a service where people are speaking out God’s truth, the plain words will bring them up against the truth and probe their hearts. Before you know it, they’re going to be on their faces before God, recognizing that God is among you.
Psalms 32:2 - Count yourself lucky— God holds nothing against you and you’re holding nothing back from him.
Psalms 34:13 - Guard your tongue from profanity, and no more lying through your teeth.
Colossians 3:5 - And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy. That’s a life shaped by things and feelings instead of by God. It’s because of this kind of thing that God is about to explode in anger. It wasn’t long ago that you were doing all that stuff and not knowing any better. But you know better now, so make sure it’s all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.
Titus 3:3 - It wasn’t so long ago that we ourselves were stupid and stubborn, easy marks for sin, ordered every which way by our glands, going around with a chip on our shoulder, hated and hating back. But when God, our kind and loving Savior God, stepped in, he saved us from all that. It was all his doing; we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit. Our Savior Jesus poured out new life so generously. God’s gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there’s more life to come—an eternity of life! You can count on this.
James 5:9 - Friends, don’t complain about each other. A far greater complaint could be lodged against you, you know. The Judge is standing just around the corner.
Hebrews 12:1 - Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!
Ephesians 4:25 - What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense. Tell your neighbor the truth. In Christ’s body we’re all connected to each other, after all. When you lie to others, you end up lying to yourself.
James 4:11 - Don’t bad-mouth each other, friends. It’s God’s Word, his Message, his Royal Rule, that takes a beating in that kind of talk. You’re supposed to be honoring the Message, not writing graffiti all over it. God is in charge of deciding human destiny. Who do you think you are to meddle in the destiny of others?
Ephesians 4:31 - Make a clean break with all cutting, backbiting, profane talk. Be gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you.