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.

在何处有嫉妒、纷争，就在何处有扰乱和各样的坏事。

在何处有嫉妒、自私，在何处就有动乱和各样的坏事。

在何处有嫉妒、自私，在何处就有动乱和各样的坏事。

哪里有嫉妒和自私的野心，哪里就会有混乱和各样的恶事。

因为凡有嫉妒和自私的地方，就必有扰乱和各样的坏事。

要知道，哪里有嫉妒和争竞，哪里就有混乱和各样的恶事。

在何處有嫉妒、紛爭，就在何處有擾亂和各樣的壞事。

在何處有嫉妒、自私，在何處就有動亂和各樣的壞事。

在何處有嫉妒、自私，在何處就有動亂和各樣的壞事。

哪裡有嫉妒和自私的野心，哪裡就會有混亂和各樣的惡事。

因為凡有嫉妒和自私的地方，就必有擾亂和各樣的壞事。

哪裏有妒忌和營私爭勝，哪裏就有擾亂和各樣的壞事。

要知道，哪裡有嫉妒和爭競，哪裡就有混亂和各樣的惡事。

蓋媢嫉朋黨所在、必有紛亂與諸惡行、

有媢嫉、爭鬥、則必作亂、行惡貫盈、

蓋嫉妒紛爭所在、必有亂行及諸惡事、

蓋一有忌刻好勝之心、則必啟爭端、而生紛亂、放僻邪侈、無不為已。

For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.

For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.

For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice.

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.

For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.

For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.

For where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.

For where envying and strife[ is], there[ is] confusion and every evil work.

For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.

For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.

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.

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?

Don’t be like Cain. He belonged to the evil one. He murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because the things Cain had done were wrong. But the things his brother had done were right.

God is not a God of disorder. He is a God of peace, just as in all the churches of the Lord’s people.

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.

There the Lord mixed up the language of the whole world. That’s why the city was called Babel. From there the Lord scattered them over the whole earth.

Soon people were making trouble in the whole city. They all rushed into the theater. They dragged Gaius and Aristarchus along with them. These two men had come with Paul from Macedonia.