1 Corinthians 3:20

Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of what is falsely called knowledge,

Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

Yahweh says, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after worthless vanity, and have become worthless?

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances,

They rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom Yahweh had commanded them that they should not do like them.

Yahweh knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.

So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world.

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you double-minded.

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

The nations raged. The kingdoms were moved. He lifted his voice and the earth melted.

Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”

You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

For Yahweh says, “You were sold for nothing; and you will be redeemed without money.”

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them.

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.

He said with a loud voice, “Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!”

These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those who are with him are called chosen and faithful.”

Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.

Yahweh smelled the pleasant aroma. Yahweh said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth. I will never again strike every living thing, as I have done.

Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff-necked.

You will grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways. You will only be oppressed and robbed always, and there will be no one to save you.

It will happen, when many evils and troubles have come on them, that this song will testify before them as a witness; for it will not be forgotten out of the mouths of their descendants; for I know their ways and what they are doing today, before I have brought them into the land which I promised them.”

Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know Yahweh.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin.

I will give thanks to you, Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises to you among the nations.

How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.

“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

Behold, I have only found this: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.”

Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that plunder the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.

It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

For, behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you.

I have spread out my hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;

Yahweh, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and will say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, vanity and things in which there is no profit.

For Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Don’t let your prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you. Don’t listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.

For she didn’t know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.

and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate,” says Yahweh.

Yahweh of Armies says: “In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, ‘We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’ ”

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

“Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat bread.”

Jesus answered them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.

They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)

For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

Jesus, answering, began to tell them, “Be careful that no one leads you astray.

But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, “Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?

I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’

But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were determined to kill them.

Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.”

Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.

Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will give praise to you among the Gentiles and sing to your name.”

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.

I advanced in the Jews’ religion beyond many of my own age among my countrymen, being more exceedingly zealous for the traditions of my fathers.

Beware of the dogs; beware of the evil workers; beware of the false circumcision.

concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.

Let no one rob you of your prize by self-abasement and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.

Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

Watch yourselves, that we don’t lose the things which we have accomplished, but that we receive a full reward.

The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.

Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

Don’t be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

“For I know their works and their thoughts. The time comes that I will gather all nations and languages, and they will come, and will see my glory.

Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?

knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers,