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

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!

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

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 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 really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be evident that they all are not of us.

Reject a divisive person after a first and second warning,

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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

Now He said to His disciples,“ It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to one through whom they come!

“ Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to the person through whom the stumbling block comes!

Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you— unless indeed you fail the test?But I expect that you will realize that we ourselves do not fail the test.Now we pray to God that you do nothing wrong; not so that we ourselves may appear approved, but that you may do what is right, though we may appear unapproved.

But false prophets also appeared among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.Many will follow their indecent behavior, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;

But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,

idolatry, witchcraft, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions,

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

and a sword will pierce your own soul— to the end that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

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

But the high priest stood up, along with all his associates( that is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

But some of the sect of the Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying,“ It is necessary to circumcise them and to direct them to keep the Law of Moses.”

But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for regarding this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere.”

But I confess this to you, that in accordance with the Way, which they call a sect, I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and is written in the Prophets;