for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

在你们中间不免有分门结党的事，好叫那些有经验的人显明出来。

在你们中间必然有分门结党的事，好使那些经得起考验的人显明出来。

在你们中间必然有分门结党的事，好使那些经得起考验的人显明出来。

你们中间必然会有分裂的事，好显出谁是经得起考验的。

你们中间会有分党结派的事，这是必然的，为的是要使那些经得起考验的人显明出来。

实际上，你们当中必定也会有结派的事，好让那些经过考验的人在你们中间能显露出来。

在你們中間不免有分門結黨的事，好叫那些有經驗的人顯明出來。

在你們中間必然有分門結黨的事，好使那些經得起考驗的人顯明出來。

在你們中間必然有分門結黨的事，好使那些經得起考驗的人顯明出來。

你們中間必然會有分裂的事，好顯出誰是經得起考驗的。

你們中間會有分黨結派的事，這是必然的，為的是要使那些經得起考驗的人顯明出來。

為要讓被試驗為可取的人在你們中間顯明出來，你們中間總不能沒有派別的。

實際上，你們當中必定也會有結派的事，好讓那些經過考驗的人在你們中間能顯露出來。

爾中必有偏黨、使諳練者顯焉、

爾中必各自為黨、以別諳練者焉、

爾中不免有各異議為黨之事、使爾中練達者顯著、

蓋分派立異之事、在所不免；偽者既起、則真者彌著矣。

No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.

Do you really think you need to take sides? You probably think God favors one side over the other!

But, of course, there must be divisions among you so that you who have God’s approval will be recognized!

Indeed, it is necessary that there be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be recognized among you.

For there also have to be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you.

For there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you.

For there must be also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you.

There must, indeed, be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be recognized among you.

For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.

For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us.

As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him,

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.

And he said to his disciples,“ Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

“ Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!

Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?— unless indeed you fail to meet the test!I hope you will find out that we have not failed the test.But we pray to God that you may not do wrong— not that we may appear to have met the test, but that you may do what is right, though we may seem to have failed.

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed.

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,

idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,

For we have found this man a plague, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

( and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

They have known for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee.

But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him( that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy

But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said,“ It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.”

But we desire to hear from you what your views are, for with regard to this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against.”

But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,