Unless the Lord Builds the House

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of Solomon.

127 Unless the Lord builds the house,
    those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord (B)watches over the city,
    the watchman stays awake in vain.

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(A)You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said:

(B)“‘This people honors me with their lips,
    but their heart is far from me;
in vain do they worship me,
    teaching as (C)doctrines the commandments of men.’”

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Warning Against False Teachers

(A)As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not (B)to teach any different doctrine, nor (C)to devote themselves to myths and endless (D)genealogies, which promote (E)speculations rather than the stewardship[a] from God that is by faith.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 1:4 Or good order

Have nothing to do with irreverent, (A)silly myths. Rather (B)train yourself for godliness;

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