12 For (A)it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret.

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12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

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But (A)sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness (B)must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.

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But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality,(A) or of any kind of impurity, or of greed,(B) because these are improper for God’s holy people.

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16 This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets(A) through Jesus Christ,(B) as my gospel(C) declares.

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24 (A)Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. (B)Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord.

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24 Who can hide(A) in secret places
    so that I cannot see them?”
declares the Lord.
    “Do not I fill heaven and earth?”(B)
declares the Lord.

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14 For (A)God will bring every deed into judgment, with[a] every secret thing, whether good or evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 12:14 Or into the judgment on

14 For God will bring every deed into judgment,(A)
    including every hidden thing,(B)
    whether it is good or evil.

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12 For you did it secretly, (A)but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.’”

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12 You did it in secret,(A) but I will do this thing in broad daylight(B) before all Israel.’”

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12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and (A)books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is (B)the book of life. And (C)the dead were judged by what was written in the books, (D)according to what they had done.

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12 And I saw the dead, great and small,(A) standing before the throne, and books were opened.(B) Another book was opened, which is the book of life.(C) The dead were judged(D) according to what they had done(E) as recorded in the books.

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For the time that is past (A)suffices (B)for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.

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For you have spent enough time in the past(A) doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.(B)

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24 Therefore (A)God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to (B)the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for (C)a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, (D)who is blessed forever! Amen.

26 For this reason (E)God gave them up to (F)dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, (G)men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

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24 Therefore God gave them over(A) in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.(B) 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie,(C) and worshiped and served created things(D) rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.(E) Amen.(F)

26 Because of this, God gave them over(G) to shameful lusts.(H) Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.(I) 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.(J)

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17 (A)“Stolen water is sweet,
    and (B)bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

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17     “Stolen water is sweet;
    food eaten in secret is delicious!(A)

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Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees

12 In the meantime, (A)when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, (B)“Beware of (C)the leaven of the Pharisees, (D)which is hypocrisy. (E)Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

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Warnings and Encouragements(A)

12 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: “Be[a] on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.(B) There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 12:1 Or speak to his disciples, saying: “First of all, be