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

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.

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 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.

These enemies left our community of believers. They didn’t really belong to us. If they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But by leaving they showed that none of them belonged to us.

Warn anyone who tries to get believers to separate from one another. Warn that person more than once. After that, have nothing to do with them.

So you must not listen to what that prophet or dreamer has said. The Lord your God is testing you. He wants to know whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Even men from your own people will rise up and twist the truth. They want to get the believers to follow them.

Jesus spoke to his disciples.“ Things that make people sin are sure to come,” he said.“ But how terrible it will be for anyone who causes those things to come!

How terrible it will be for the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Things like that must come. But how terrible for the person who causes them!

Take a good look at yourselves to see if you are really believers. Test yourselves. Don’t you realize that Christ Jesus is in you? Unless, of course, you fail the test!I hope you will discover that I haven’t failed the test.I pray to God that you won’t do anything wrong. I don’t pray so that people will see that I have passed the test. Instead, I pray this so that you will do what is right, even if it seems I have failed.

But there were also false prophets among the people. In the same way there will be false teachers among you. In secret they will bring in teachings that will destroy you. They will even turn against the Lord and Master who died to pay for their sins. So they will quickly destroy themselves.Many people will follow their lead. These people will do the same evil things the false teachers do. They will cause people to think badly about the way of truth.

The Holy Spirit clearly says that in the last days some people will leave the faith. They will follow spirits that will fool them. They will believe things that demons will teach them.Teachings like those come from liars who pretend to be what they are not. Their sense of what is right and wrong has been destroyed. It’s as though it has been burned with a hot iron.

It includes worshiping statues of gods and worshiping evil powers. It also includes hatred and fighting, jealousy and fits of anger. Sinful desire is interested only in getting ahead. It stirs up trouble. It separates people into their own little groups.

“ We have found that Paul is a troublemaker. This man stirs up trouble among Jews all over the world. He is a leader of those who follow Jesus of Nazareth.

The thoughts of many hearts will be known. A sword will wound your own soul too.”

They have known me for a long time. So if they wanted to, they could tell you how I have lived. I have lived by the rules of the Pharisees. Those rules are harder to obey than those of any other Jewish group.

The high priest and all his companions were Sadducees. They were very jealous of the apostles.

Some of the believers were Pharisees. They stood up and said,“ The Gentiles must be circumcised. They must obey the law of Moses.”

But we want to hear what your ideas are. We know that people everywhere are talking against those who believe as you do.”

It is true that I worship the God of our people. I am a follower of the Way of Jesus. Those bringing charges against me call it a cult. I believe everything that is in keeping with the Law. I believe everything that is in keeping with what is written in the Prophets.