In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before Go
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the h
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is
As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should n
and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of
to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would hav
if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on
As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not
Did I exploit you by anyone I sent you?
For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, b
For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly
and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appo
So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in or
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant
And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perish
Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed ch
The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish
When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen,
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”
“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an i
Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greates
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take n
to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the e
Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they l
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, ea
In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange fle
I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find fa
While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kis
Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.