⁵ And the ^(A)lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, ^(B)“Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”

¹⁵ But it came to pass on the ^[a]seventh day that they said to Samson’s wife, ^(A)“Entice your husband, that he may explain the riddle to us, ^(B)or else we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us in order to take what is ours? Is that not so?”

^3 (A)from Sihor, which is east of Egypt, as far as the border of Ekron northward (which is counted as Canaanite); the ^(B)five lords of the Philistines—the Gazites, the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also ^(C)the Avites;

⁹ But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. ¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

¹⁵ Do you not know that ^(A)your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! ¹⁶ Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with her? For ^(B)“the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” ^17 (C)But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.

^18 (D)Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins ^(E)against his own body.

¹⁵ and said, ^(A)“What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.