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  • 新标点和合本 - 并且在那沉沦的人身上行各样出于不义的诡诈;因他们不领受爱真理的心,使他们得救。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 并且在那沉沦的人身上行各样不义的诡诈,因为他们不领受爱真理的心,好让他们得救。
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 并且在那沉沦的人身上行各样不义的诡诈,因为他们不领受爱真理的心,好让他们得救。
  • 当代译本 - 用尽各种诡计欺骗那些将要灭亡的人,因为他们不喜欢接受那能拯救他们的真理。
  • 圣经新译本 - 并且在那些沉沦的人身上,行各样不义的欺诈,因为他们不领受爱真理的心,使他们得救。
  • 中文标准译本 - 并且使用一切不义的诡计,因为他们不接受那能使他们得救的真理之爱。
  • 现代标点和合本 - 并且在那沉沦的人身上行各样出于不义的诡诈,因他们不领受爱真理的心使他们得救。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 并且在那沉沦的人身上行各样出于不义的诡诈,因他们不领受爱真理的心,使他们得救。
  • New International Version - and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
  • New International Reader's Version - So people who are dying will be fooled by this evil. These people are dying because they refuse to love the truth. The truth would save them.
  • English Standard Version - and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
  • New Living Translation - He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.
  • Christian Standard Bible - and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.
  • New American Standard Bible - and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not accept the love of the truth so as to be saved.
  • New King James Version - and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • Amplified Bible - and by unlimited seduction to evil and with all the deception of wickedness for those who are perishing, because they did not welcome the love of the truth [of the gospel] so as to be saved [they were spiritually blind, and rejected the truth that would have saved them].
  • American Standard Version - and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • King James Version - And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • New English Translation - and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.
  • World English Bible - and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • 新標點和合本 - 並且在那沉淪的人身上行各樣出於不義的詭詐;因他們不領受愛真理的心,使他們得救。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 並且在那沉淪的人身上行各樣不義的詭詐,因為他們不領受愛真理的心,好讓他們得救。
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 並且在那沉淪的人身上行各樣不義的詭詐,因為他們不領受愛真理的心,好讓他們得救。
  • 當代譯本 - 用盡各種詭計欺騙那些將要滅亡的人,因為他們不喜歡接受那能拯救他們的真理。
  • 聖經新譯本 - 並且在那些沉淪的人身上,行各樣不義的欺詐,因為他們不領受愛真理的心,使他們得救。
  • 中文標準譯本 - 並且使用一切不義的詭計,因為他們不接受那能使他們得救的真理之愛。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 並且在那沉淪的人身上行各樣出於不義的詭詐,因他們不領受愛真理的心使他們得救。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 又以非義之諸詭譎、加於淪亡者、因其不納真理之愛、致得救焉、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 詭詐百出、自棄者為所惑、蓋彼不願受真理致得救、
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 及種種惑眾之邪惡、在將沈淪者之中、蓋彼眾不悅真理、且不受之而得救、
  • 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 以種種邪法、熒惑自求淪喪之徒。所謂自求淪喪之徒者、即不知愛慕真理、以望得救者耳。
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Con toda perversidad engañará a los que se pierden por haberse negado a amar la verdad y así ser salvos.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 멸망할 사람들에게 갖은 속임수를 다 쓸 것입니다. 그들은 진리를 사랑하지 않으므로 구원을 받지 못해 결국 멸망하고 말 것입니다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - и совершая всякие злостные обманы, которым с легкостью поддадутся люди, погибающие из-за того, что не захотели полюбить истину и получить через нее спасение.
  • Восточный перевод - и совершая всякие злостные обманы, которым с лёгкостью поддадутся люди, погибающие из-за того, что не захотели полюбить истину и получить через неё спасение .
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - и совершая всякие злостные обманы, которым с лёгкостью поддадутся люди, погибающие из-за того, что не захотели полюбить истину и получить через неё спасение .
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - и совершая всякие злостные обманы, которым с лёгкостью поддадутся люди, погибающие из-за того, что не захотели полюбить истину и получить через неё спасение .
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il usera de toutes les formes du mal pour tromper ceux qui se perdent, parce qu’ils sont restés fermés à l’amour de la vérité qui les aurait sauvés.
  • リビングバイブル - こうして、真理を拒んで滅びへの道を走る者たちを、すっかりとりこにします。その人たちは、真理を信じることも愛することもせず、救われようなどとは考えもしませんでした。
  • Nestle Aland 28 - καὶ ἐν πάσῃ ἀπάτῃ ἀδικίας τοῖς ἀπολλυμένοις, ἀνθ’ ὧν τὴν ἀγάπην τῆς ἀληθείας οὐκ ἐδέξαντο εἰς τὸ σωθῆναι αὐτούς.
  • unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καὶ ἐν πάσῃ ἀπάτῃ ἀδικίας, τοῖς ἀπολλυμένοις, ἀνθ’ ὧν τὴν ἀγάπην τῆς ἀληθείας οὐκ ἐδέξαντο, εἰς τὸ σωθῆναι αὐτούς.
  • Nova Versão Internacional - Ele fará uso de todas as formas de engano da injustiça para os que estão perecendo, porquanto rejeitaram o amor à verdade que os poderia salvar.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Mit seinen bösen Verführungskünsten wird er alle täuschen, die verloren sind. Denn ihnen lag nichts daran, die Wahrheit anzunehmen, die doch ihre Rettung gewesen wäre.
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nó dùng mọi thủ đoạn gian ác lừa gạt những người sắp bị diệt vong, vì họ không chịu tiếp nhận và yêu chuộng chân lý để được cứu rỗi.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - และในความชั่วร้ายทุกชนิดอันล่อลวงบรรดาผู้กำลังจะพินาศ พวกเขาพินาศเพราะปฏิเสธที่จะรักความจริงซึ่งนำไปสู่ความรอด
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และ​ใช้​การ​หลอกลวง​อัน​ชั่วร้าย​ทุก​ชนิด​กับ​พวก​ที่​จะ​ถึง​ความ​พินาศ เพราะ​เขา​เหล่า​นั้น​ปฏิเสธ​ที่​จะ​รัก​ความ​จริง​ซึ่ง​ช่วย​ให้​รอด​พ้น​ได้
Cross Reference
  • James 1:16 - So, my very dear friends, don’t get thrown off course. Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures.
  • Matthew 13:11 - He replied, “You’ve been given insight into God’s kingdom. You know how it works. Not everybody has this gift, this insight; it hasn’t been given to them. Whenever someone has a ready heart for this, the insights and understandings flow freely. But if there is no readiness, any trace of receptivity soon disappears. That’s why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward a welcome awakening. In their present state they can stare till doomsday and not see it, listen till they’re blue in the face and not get it. I don’t want Isaiah’s forecast repeated all over again: Your ears are open but you don’t hear a thing. Your eyes are awake but you don’t see a thing. The people are stupid! They stick their fingers in their ears so they won’t have to listen; They screw their eyes shut so they won’t have to look, so they won’t have to deal with me face-to-face and let me heal them.
  • Ephesians 4:14 - No prolonged infancies among us, please. We’ll not tolerate babes in the woods, small children who are easy prey for predators. God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love—like Christ in everything. We take our lead from Christ, who is the source of everything we do. He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us, nourishing us so that we will grow up healthy in God, robust in love.
  • John 3:19 - “This is the crisis we’re in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God. Everyone who makes a practice of doing evil, addicted to denial and illusion, hates God-light and won’t come near it, fearing a painful exposure. But anyone working and living in truth and reality welcomes God-light so the work can be seen for the God-work it is.”
  • Proverbs 2:1 - Good friend, take to heart what I’m telling you; collect my counsels and guard them with your life. Tune your ears to the world of Wisdom; set your heart on a life of Understanding. That’s right—if you make Insight your priority, and won’t take no for an answer, Searching for it like a prospector panning for gold, like an adventurer on a treasure hunt, Believe me, before you know it Fear-of-God will be yours; you’ll have come upon the Knowledge of God.
  • Proverbs 2:6 - And here’s why: God gives out Wisdom free, is plainspoken in Knowledge and Understanding. He’s a rich mine of Common Sense for those who live well, a personal bodyguard to the candid and sincere. He keeps his eye on all who live honestly, and pays special attention to his loyally committed ones.
  • 1 Timothy 2:4 - He wants not only us but everyone saved, you know, everyone to get to know the truth we’ve learned: that there’s one God and only one, and one Priest-Mediator between God and us—Jesus, who offered himself in exchange for everyone held captive by sin, to set them all free. Eventually the news is going to get out. This and this only has been my appointed work: getting this news to those who have never heard of God, and explaining how it works by simple faith and plain truth.
  • John 5:34 - “But my purpose is not to get your vote, and not to appeal to mere human testimony. I’m speaking to you this way so that you will be saved. John was a torch, blazing and bright, and you were glad enough to dance for an hour or so in his bright light. But the witness that really confirms me far exceeds John’s witness. It’s the work the Father gave me to complete. These very tasks, as I go about completing them, confirm that the Father, in fact, sent me. The Father who sent me, confirmed me. And you missed it. You never heard his voice, you never saw his appearance. There is nothing left in your memory of his Message because you do not take his Messenger seriously. * * *
  • Romans 10:1 - Believe me, friends, all I want for Israel is what’s best for Israel: salvation, nothing less. I want it with all my heart and pray to God for it all the time. I readily admit that the Jews are impressively energetic regarding God—but they are doing everything exactly backward. They don’t seem to realize that this comprehensive setting-things-right that is salvation is God’s business, and a most flourishing business it is. Right across the street they set up their own salvation shops and noisily peddle their knockoffs. After all these years of refusing to really deal with God on his terms, insisting instead on making their own deals, they have nothing to show for it.
  • 2 Peter 2:12 - These people are nothing but brute beasts, born in the wild, predators on the prowl. In the very act of bringing down others with their ignorant blasphemies, they themselves will be brought down, losers in the end. Their evil will boomerang on them. They’re so despicable and addicted to pleasure that they indulge in wild parties, carousing in broad daylight. They’re obsessed with adultery, compulsive in sin, seducing every vulnerable soul they come upon. Their specialty is greed, and they’re experts at it. Dead souls!
  • 1 Corinthians 16:22 - If anyone won’t love the Master, throw him out. Make room for the Master!
  • 2 Corinthians 4:3 - If our Message is obscure to anyone, it’s not because we’re holding back in any way. No, it’s because these other people are looking or going the wrong way and refuse to give it serious attention. All they have eyes for is the fashionable god of darkness. They think he can give them what they want, and that they won’t have to bother believing a Truth they can’t see. They’re stone-blind to the dayspring brightness of the Message that shines with Christ, who gives us the best picture of God we’ll ever get.
  • 1 Corinthians 1:18 - The Message that points to Christ on the Cross seems like sheer silliness to those hellbent on destruction, but for those on the way of salvation it makes perfect sense. This is the way God works, and most powerfully as it turns out. It’s written, I’ll turn conventional wisdom on its head, I’ll expose so-called experts as shams. So where can you find someone truly wise, truly educated, truly intelligent in this day and age? Hasn’t God exposed it all as pretentious nonsense? Since the world in all its fancy wisdom never had a clue when it came to knowing God, God in his wisdom took delight in using what the world considered stupid—preaching, of all things!—to bring those who trust him into the way of salvation.
  • Proverbs 1:7 - Start with God—the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.
Parallel VersesCross Reference
  • 新标点和合本 - 并且在那沉沦的人身上行各样出于不义的诡诈;因他们不领受爱真理的心,使他们得救。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-简体) - 并且在那沉沦的人身上行各样不义的诡诈,因为他们不领受爱真理的心,好让他们得救。
  • 和合本2010(神版-简体) - 并且在那沉沦的人身上行各样不义的诡诈,因为他们不领受爱真理的心,好让他们得救。
  • 当代译本 - 用尽各种诡计欺骗那些将要灭亡的人,因为他们不喜欢接受那能拯救他们的真理。
  • 圣经新译本 - 并且在那些沉沦的人身上,行各样不义的欺诈,因为他们不领受爱真理的心,使他们得救。
  • 中文标准译本 - 并且使用一切不义的诡计,因为他们不接受那能使他们得救的真理之爱。
  • 现代标点和合本 - 并且在那沉沦的人身上行各样出于不义的诡诈,因他们不领受爱真理的心使他们得救。
  • 和合本(拼音版) - 并且在那沉沦的人身上行各样出于不义的诡诈,因他们不领受爱真理的心,使他们得救。
  • New International Version - and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
  • New International Reader's Version - So people who are dying will be fooled by this evil. These people are dying because they refuse to love the truth. The truth would save them.
  • English Standard Version - and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
  • New Living Translation - He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.
  • Christian Standard Bible - and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.
  • New American Standard Bible - and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not accept the love of the truth so as to be saved.
  • New King James Version - and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • Amplified Bible - and by unlimited seduction to evil and with all the deception of wickedness for those who are perishing, because they did not welcome the love of the truth [of the gospel] so as to be saved [they were spiritually blind, and rejected the truth that would have saved them].
  • American Standard Version - and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • King James Version - And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • New English Translation - and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.
  • World English Bible - and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
  • 新標點和合本 - 並且在那沉淪的人身上行各樣出於不義的詭詐;因他們不領受愛真理的心,使他們得救。
  • 和合本2010(上帝版-繁體) - 並且在那沉淪的人身上行各樣不義的詭詐,因為他們不領受愛真理的心,好讓他們得救。
  • 和合本2010(神版-繁體) - 並且在那沉淪的人身上行各樣不義的詭詐,因為他們不領受愛真理的心,好讓他們得救。
  • 當代譯本 - 用盡各種詭計欺騙那些將要滅亡的人,因為他們不喜歡接受那能拯救他們的真理。
  • 聖經新譯本 - 並且在那些沉淪的人身上,行各樣不義的欺詐,因為他們不領受愛真理的心,使他們得救。
  • 中文標準譯本 - 並且使用一切不義的詭計,因為他們不接受那能使他們得救的真理之愛。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 並且在那沉淪的人身上行各樣出於不義的詭詐,因他們不領受愛真理的心使他們得救。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 又以非義之諸詭譎、加於淪亡者、因其不納真理之愛、致得救焉、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 詭詐百出、自棄者為所惑、蓋彼不願受真理致得救、
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 及種種惑眾之邪惡、在將沈淪者之中、蓋彼眾不悅真理、且不受之而得救、
  • 吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 以種種邪法、熒惑自求淪喪之徒。所謂自求淪喪之徒者、即不知愛慕真理、以望得救者耳。
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Con toda perversidad engañará a los que se pierden por haberse negado a amar la verdad y así ser salvos.
  • 현대인의 성경 - 멸망할 사람들에게 갖은 속임수를 다 쓸 것입니다. 그들은 진리를 사랑하지 않으므로 구원을 받지 못해 결국 멸망하고 말 것입니다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - и совершая всякие злостные обманы, которым с легкостью поддадутся люди, погибающие из-за того, что не захотели полюбить истину и получить через нее спасение.
  • Восточный перевод - и совершая всякие злостные обманы, которым с лёгкостью поддадутся люди, погибающие из-за того, что не захотели полюбить истину и получить через неё спасение .
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - и совершая всякие злостные обманы, которым с лёгкостью поддадутся люди, погибающие из-за того, что не захотели полюбить истину и получить через неё спасение .
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - и совершая всякие злостные обманы, которым с лёгкостью поддадутся люди, погибающие из-за того, что не захотели полюбить истину и получить через неё спасение .
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il usera de toutes les formes du mal pour tromper ceux qui se perdent, parce qu’ils sont restés fermés à l’amour de la vérité qui les aurait sauvés.
  • リビングバイブル - こうして、真理を拒んで滅びへの道を走る者たちを、すっかりとりこにします。その人たちは、真理を信じることも愛することもせず、救われようなどとは考えもしませんでした。
  • Nestle Aland 28 - καὶ ἐν πάσῃ ἀπάτῃ ἀδικίας τοῖς ἀπολλυμένοις, ἀνθ’ ὧν τὴν ἀγάπην τῆς ἀληθείας οὐκ ἐδέξαντο εἰς τὸ σωθῆναι αὐτούς.
  • unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - καὶ ἐν πάσῃ ἀπάτῃ ἀδικίας, τοῖς ἀπολλυμένοις, ἀνθ’ ὧν τὴν ἀγάπην τῆς ἀληθείας οὐκ ἐδέξαντο, εἰς τὸ σωθῆναι αὐτούς.
  • Nova Versão Internacional - Ele fará uso de todas as formas de engano da injustiça para os que estão perecendo, porquanto rejeitaram o amor à verdade que os poderia salvar.
  • Hoffnung für alle - Mit seinen bösen Verführungskünsten wird er alle täuschen, die verloren sind. Denn ihnen lag nichts daran, die Wahrheit anzunehmen, die doch ihre Rettung gewesen wäre.
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nó dùng mọi thủ đoạn gian ác lừa gạt những người sắp bị diệt vong, vì họ không chịu tiếp nhận và yêu chuộng chân lý để được cứu rỗi.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - และในความชั่วร้ายทุกชนิดอันล่อลวงบรรดาผู้กำลังจะพินาศ พวกเขาพินาศเพราะปฏิเสธที่จะรักความจริงซึ่งนำไปสู่ความรอด
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และ​ใช้​การ​หลอกลวง​อัน​ชั่วร้าย​ทุก​ชนิด​กับ​พวก​ที่​จะ​ถึง​ความ​พินาศ เพราะ​เขา​เหล่า​นั้น​ปฏิเสธ​ที่​จะ​รัก​ความ​จริง​ซึ่ง​ช่วย​ให้​รอด​พ้น​ได้
  • James 1:16 - So, my very dear friends, don’t get thrown off course. Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle. He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures.
  • Matthew 13:11 - He replied, “You’ve been given insight into God’s kingdom. You know how it works. Not everybody has this gift, this insight; it hasn’t been given to them. Whenever someone has a ready heart for this, the insights and understandings flow freely. But if there is no readiness, any trace of receptivity soon disappears. That’s why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward a welcome awakening. In their present state they can stare till doomsday and not see it, listen till they’re blue in the face and not get it. I don’t want Isaiah’s forecast repeated all over again: Your ears are open but you don’t hear a thing. Your eyes are awake but you don’t see a thing. The people are stupid! They stick their fingers in their ears so they won’t have to listen; They screw their eyes shut so they won’t have to look, so they won’t have to deal with me face-to-face and let me heal them.
  • Ephesians 4:14 - No prolonged infancies among us, please. We’ll not tolerate babes in the woods, small children who are easy prey for predators. God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love—like Christ in everything. We take our lead from Christ, who is the source of everything we do. He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us, nourishing us so that we will grow up healthy in God, robust in love.
  • John 3:19 - “This is the crisis we’re in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God. Everyone who makes a practice of doing evil, addicted to denial and illusion, hates God-light and won’t come near it, fearing a painful exposure. But anyone working and living in truth and reality welcomes God-light so the work can be seen for the God-work it is.”
  • Proverbs 2:1 - Good friend, take to heart what I’m telling you; collect my counsels and guard them with your life. Tune your ears to the world of Wisdom; set your heart on a life of Understanding. That’s right—if you make Insight your priority, and won’t take no for an answer, Searching for it like a prospector panning for gold, like an adventurer on a treasure hunt, Believe me, before you know it Fear-of-God will be yours; you’ll have come upon the Knowledge of God.
  • Proverbs 2:6 - And here’s why: God gives out Wisdom free, is plainspoken in Knowledge and Understanding. He’s a rich mine of Common Sense for those who live well, a personal bodyguard to the candid and sincere. He keeps his eye on all who live honestly, and pays special attention to his loyally committed ones.
  • 1 Timothy 2:4 - He wants not only us but everyone saved, you know, everyone to get to know the truth we’ve learned: that there’s one God and only one, and one Priest-Mediator between God and us—Jesus, who offered himself in exchange for everyone held captive by sin, to set them all free. Eventually the news is going to get out. This and this only has been my appointed work: getting this news to those who have never heard of God, and explaining how it works by simple faith and plain truth.
  • John 5:34 - “But my purpose is not to get your vote, and not to appeal to mere human testimony. I’m speaking to you this way so that you will be saved. John was a torch, blazing and bright, and you were glad enough to dance for an hour or so in his bright light. But the witness that really confirms me far exceeds John’s witness. It’s the work the Father gave me to complete. These very tasks, as I go about completing them, confirm that the Father, in fact, sent me. The Father who sent me, confirmed me. And you missed it. You never heard his voice, you never saw his appearance. There is nothing left in your memory of his Message because you do not take his Messenger seriously. * * *
  • Romans 10:1 - Believe me, friends, all I want for Israel is what’s best for Israel: salvation, nothing less. I want it with all my heart and pray to God for it all the time. I readily admit that the Jews are impressively energetic regarding God—but they are doing everything exactly backward. They don’t seem to realize that this comprehensive setting-things-right that is salvation is God’s business, and a most flourishing business it is. Right across the street they set up their own salvation shops and noisily peddle their knockoffs. After all these years of refusing to really deal with God on his terms, insisting instead on making their own deals, they have nothing to show for it.
  • 2 Peter 2:12 - These people are nothing but brute beasts, born in the wild, predators on the prowl. In the very act of bringing down others with their ignorant blasphemies, they themselves will be brought down, losers in the end. Their evil will boomerang on them. They’re so despicable and addicted to pleasure that they indulge in wild parties, carousing in broad daylight. They’re obsessed with adultery, compulsive in sin, seducing every vulnerable soul they come upon. Their specialty is greed, and they’re experts at it. Dead souls!
  • 1 Corinthians 16:22 - If anyone won’t love the Master, throw him out. Make room for the Master!
  • 2 Corinthians 4:3 - If our Message is obscure to anyone, it’s not because we’re holding back in any way. No, it’s because these other people are looking or going the wrong way and refuse to give it serious attention. All they have eyes for is the fashionable god of darkness. They think he can give them what they want, and that they won’t have to bother believing a Truth they can’t see. They’re stone-blind to the dayspring brightness of the Message that shines with Christ, who gives us the best picture of God we’ll ever get.
  • 1 Corinthians 1:18 - The Message that points to Christ on the Cross seems like sheer silliness to those hellbent on destruction, but for those on the way of salvation it makes perfect sense. This is the way God works, and most powerfully as it turns out. It’s written, I’ll turn conventional wisdom on its head, I’ll expose so-called experts as shams. So where can you find someone truly wise, truly educated, truly intelligent in this day and age? Hasn’t God exposed it all as pretentious nonsense? Since the world in all its fancy wisdom never had a clue when it came to knowing God, God in his wisdom took delight in using what the world considered stupid—preaching, of all things!—to bring those who trust him into the way of salvation.
  • Proverbs 1:7 - Start with God—the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.
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