19 It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, (A)devoid of the Spirit.

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19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.(A)

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14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are (A)folly to him, and (B)he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

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14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(A) but considers them foolishness,(B) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.

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You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact (A)the Spirit of God dwells in you. (B)Anyone who does not have (C)the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

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You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh(A) but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you.(B) And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ,(C) they do not belong to Christ.

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15 This is not (A)the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, (B)demonic.

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15 Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven(A) but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.(B)

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25 (A)not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and (B)all the more as you see (C)the Day drawing near.

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25 not giving up meeting together,(A) as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another(B)—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.(C)

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10 Like grapes in the wilderness,
    (A)I found Israel.
Like the first fruit on the fig tree
    in its first season,
    I saw your fathers.
But (B)they came to Baal-peor
    and (C)consecrated themselves to the thing of shame,
    and (D)became detestable like the thing they loved.

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10 “When I found Israel,
    it was like finding grapes in the desert;
when I saw your ancestors,
    it was like seeing the early fruit(A) on the fig(B) tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,(C)
    they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol(D)
    and became as vile as the thing they loved.

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18 Whoever (A)isolates himself seeks his own desire;
    he breaks out against all sound judgment.

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18 An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends
    and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.

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Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born (A)of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. (B)That which is born of the flesh is (C)flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:6 The same Greek word means both wind and spirit

Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.(A) Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:6 Or but spirit

14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore,
    nor your brides when they commit adultery;
for (A)the men themselves go aside with prostitutes
    and sacrifice with (B)cult prostitutes,
and a people (C)without understanding shall come to ruin.

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14 “I will not punish your daughters
    when they turn to prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law
    when they commit adultery,
because the men themselves consort with harlots(A)
    and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes(B)
    a people without understanding(C) will come to ruin!(D)

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For any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, (A)who separates himself from me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to a prophet to consult me through him, (B)I the Lord will answer him myself.

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“‘When any of the Israelites or any foreigner(A) residing in Israel separate themselves from me and set up idols in their hearts and put a wicked stumbling block(B) before their faces and then go to a prophet to inquire(C) of me, I the Lord will answer them myself.

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19 Or (A)do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? (B)You are not your own,

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19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples(A) of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;(B)

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who say, “Keep to yourself,
    do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
(A)These are a smoke in my nostrils,
    a fire that burns all the day.

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who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me,
    for I am too sacred(A) for you!’
Such people are smoke(B) in my nostrils,
    a fire that keeps burning all day.

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