These people are the ones who are creating divisions among you. They follow their natural instincts because they do not have God’s Spirit in them.

这就是那些引人结党、属乎血气、没有圣灵的人。

这就是那些好结党分派、属乎血气、没有圣灵的人。

这就是那些好结党分派、属乎血气、没有圣灵的人。

这些人制造分裂，血气用事，心中没有圣灵。

这些人分党结派，是属血气的，没有圣灵。

这些人是制造分裂的、属血气的、没有圣灵的。

這就是那些引人結黨、屬乎血氣、沒有聖靈的人。

這就是那些好結黨分派、屬乎血氣、沒有聖靈的人。

這就是那些好結黨分派、屬乎血氣、沒有聖靈的人。

這些人製造分裂，血氣用事，心中沒有聖靈。

這些人分黨結派，是屬血氣的，沒有聖靈。

這些人是好分派系、屬於血氣、沒有聖靈的人。

這些人是製造分裂的、屬血氣的、沒有聖靈的。

若輩乃樹黨者、血氣是從、無有聖神也、

彼未感於聖神、變化氣質、別樹一黨、

此等人離教結黨、屬血氣未感於聖神者、

此輩即挑撥離間、使人分裂、但有血氣、全無靈感者也。

These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.

They are the people who separate you from one another. They do only what comes naturally. They are not led by the Holy Spirit.

It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.

These people create divisions and are worldly, not having the Spirit.

These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly minded, devoid of the Spirit.

These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.

These are they who make separations, sensual, having not the Spirit.

These people create divisions and are unbelievers, not having the Spirit.

These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

These are those who cause divisions and are sensual, not having the Spirit.

But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.

For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.

But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you.( And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.)

I, the Lord, will answer all those, both Israelites and foreigners, who reject me and set up idols in their hearts and so fall into sin, and who then come to a prophet asking for my advice.

And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

The Lord says,“ O Israel, when I first found you, it was like finding fresh grapes in the desert. When I saw your ancestors, it was like seeing the first ripe figs of the season. But then they deserted me for Baal peor, giving themselves to that shameful idol. Soon they became vile, as vile as the god they worshiped.

Unfriendly people care only about themselves; they lash out at common sense.

Jesus replied,“ I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.

But why should I punish them for their prostitution and adultery? For your men are doing the same thing, sinning with whores and shrine prostitutes. O foolish people! You refuse to understand, so you will be destroyed.

Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself,

Yet they say to each other,‘ Don’t come too close or you will defile me! I am holier than you!’ These people are a stench in my nostrils, an acrid smell that never goes away.