But suppose your hearts are jealous and bitter. Suppose you are concerned only about getting ahead. Then don’t brag about it. And don’t say no to the truth.

你们心里若怀着苦毒的嫉妒和纷争，就不可自夸，也不可说谎话抵挡真道。

你们心里若怀着恶毒的嫉妒和自私，就不可自夸，不可说谎话抵挡真理。

你们心里若怀着恶毒的嫉妒和自私，就不可自夸，不可说谎话抵挡真理。

但如果你们心怀苦毒的嫉妒和自私的野心，就不要自夸说有智慧，也不要违背真理去撒谎。

如果你们心中存着刻薄的嫉妒和自私，就不可夸口，也不可说谎抵挡真理。

但如果你们心里怀着苦毒的嫉妒和争竞，就不要自夸、说谎而抵挡真理。

你們心裏若懷着苦毒的嫉妒和紛爭，就不可自誇，也不可說謊話抵擋真道。

你們心裏若懷着惡毒的嫉妒和自私，就不可自誇，不可說謊話抵擋真理。

你們心裏若懷着惡毒的嫉妒和自私，就不可自誇，不可說謊話抵擋真理。

但如果你們心懷苦毒的嫉妒和自私的野心，就不要自誇說有智慧，也不要違背真理去撒謊。

如果你們心中存著刻薄的嫉妒和自私，就不可誇口，也不可說謊抵擋真理。

你們若存着苦毒的妒忌和營私爭勝在心裏，別自己誇勝、作假事以敵真理了。

但如果你們心裡懷著苦毒的嫉妒和爭競，就不要自誇、說謊而抵擋真理。

若心懷嫉很朋黨、則勿誇勿誑、以敵真理、

如心懷嫉狠忿戾、則勿自矜、冒稱真理、

爾心若懷嫉很、紛爭、則勿矜誇、勿誑妄、以敵真理、

若爾心中尚存忌刻好勝之意、則勿自誇為智、以欺真理。

But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying.

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and deny the truth.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth.

But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.

But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.

Are you jealous? Are you concerned only about getting ahead? Then your life will be a mess. You will be doing all kinds of evil things.

Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not want what belongs to others. It does not brag. It is not proud.

Let us act as we should, like people living in the daytime. Have nothing to do with wild parties, and don’t get drunk. Don’t take part in sexual sins or evil conduct. Don’t fight with each other or be jealous of anyone.

Don’t do anything only to get ahead. Don’t do it because you are proud. Instead, be humble. Value others more than yourselves.

You are still following the ways of the world. Some of you are jealous. Some of you argue. So aren’t you following the ways of the world? Aren’t you acting like ordinary human beings?

I’m afraid that when I come I won’t find you as I want you to be. I’m afraid that you won’t find me as you want me to be. I’m afraid there will be arguing, jealousy and fits of anger. I’m afraid each of you will focus only on getting ahead. Then you will tell lies about each other. You will talk about each other. I’m afraid you will be proud and cause trouble.

It’s true that some preach about Christ because they are jealous. But others preach about Christ to help me in my work.

My brothers and sisters, suppose one of you wanders away from the truth. And suppose someone brings that person back.

If you say or do things that harm one another, watch out! You could end up destroying one another.

You brag about the law. But when you break it, you rob God of his honor!It is written,“ The Gentiles say evil things against God’s name because of you.”( Isaiah 52:5; Ezekiel 36:22)Circumcision has value if you obey the law. But if you break the law, it is just as if you hadn’t been circumcised.And sometimes those who aren’t circumcised do what the law requires. Won’t God accept them as if they had been circumcised?Many are not circumcised physically, but they obey the law. They will prove that you are guilty. You are breaking the law, even though you have the written law and are circumcised.A person is not a Jew if they are a Jew only on the outside. And circumcision is more than just something done to the outside of a man’s body.No, a person is a Jew only if they are a Jew on the inside. And true circumcision means that the heart has been circumcised by the Holy Spirit. The person whose heart has been circumcised does more than obey the written law. The praise that matters for that kind of person does not come from other people. It comes from God.

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

Then that person is proud and doesn’t understand anything. They like to argue more than they should. They can’t agree about what words mean. All of this results in wanting what others have. It causes fighting, harmful talk, and evil distrust.

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.Like newborn babies, you should long for the pure milk of God’s word. It will help you grow up as believers.

They are full of every kind of sin, evil and ungodliness. They want more than they need. They commit murder. They want what belongs to other people. They fight and cheat. They hate others. They say mean things about other people.

Why do you fight and argue among yourselves? Isn’t it because of your sinful desires? They fight within you.You want something, but you don’t have it. So you kill. You want what others have, but you can’t get what you want. So you argue and fight. You don’t have what you want, because you don’t ask God.When you do ask for something, you don’t receive it. That’s because you ask for the wrong reason. You want to spend your money on your sinful pleasures.You are not faithful to God. Don’t you know that to be a friend of the world is to hate God? So anyone who chooses to be the world’s friend becomes God’s enemy.Don’t you know what Scripture says? God wants the spirit in us to belong only to him. God caused this spirit to live in us. Don’t you think Scripture has a reason for saying this?

Jehu said,“ Come along with me. See how committed I am to serve the Lord.” Jehu had Jehonadab ride along in his chariot.

Let us not become proud. Let us not make each other angry. Let us not want what belongs to others.

Even those who are circumcised don’t obey the law. But they want you to be circumcised. Then they can brag about what has been done to your body.

Why do you make me watch while people treat others so unfairly? Why do you put up with the wrong things they are doing? I have to look at death. People are harming others. They are arguing and fighting all the time.

“ I believed that I should oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth. So I did everything I could to oppose his name.

“ Jacob’s sons were jealous of their brother Joseph. So they sold him as a slave. He was taken to Egypt. But God was with him.

At one time we too acted like fools. We didn’t obey God. We were tricked. We were controlled by all kinds of desires and pleasures. We were full of evil. We wanted what belongs to others. People hated us, and we hated one another.

Your bragging is not good. It is like yeast. Don’t you know that just a little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise?

A peaceful heart gives life to the body. But jealousy rots the bones.

His brothers were jealous of him. But his father kept the dreams in mind.

Who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you brag as though you did not?You already have everything you want, don’t you? Have you already become rich? Have you already begun to rule? And did you do that without us? I wish that you really had begun to rule. Then we could also rule with you!

Anger is mean, and great anger overpowers you. But who can face jealousy?

When the Jews saw the crowds, they became very jealous. They began to disagree with what Paul was saying. They said evil things against him.

Suppose you call yourself a Jew. You trust in the law. You brag that you know God.

Rachel saw that she wasn’t having any children by Jacob. So she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob,“ Give me children, or I’ll die!”Jacob became angry with her. He said,“ Do you think I’m God? He’s the one who has kept you from having children.”

You will be thrown out of the synagogue. In fact, the time is coming when someone may kill you. And they will think they are doing God a favor.

But there are others who only look out for themselves. They don’t accept the truth. They go astray. God will pour out his great anger on them.

Ephraim’s people won’t be jealous anymore. Judah’s attackers will be destroyed. Ephraim won’t be jealous of Judah. And Judah won’t attack Ephraim.

But Jehu wasn’t careful to obey the law of the Lord. He didn’t obey the God of Israel with all his heart. He didn’t turn away from the sins of Jeroboam. Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit those same sins.

It wants what others have. It gets drunk and takes part in wild parties. It does many things of that kind. I warn you now as I did before. People who live like this will not receive God’s kingdom.

And you are proud! Shouldn’t you be very sad instead? Shouldn’t you have thrown out of your church the man doing this?

Anger kills foolish people. Jealousy destroys those who are childish.

Pilate knew that the leaders wanted to get their own way. He knew this was why they had handed Jesus over to him.