17 You have moved my soul far from peace;
I have forgotten [a]prosperity.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:17 Lit. good

(A)Remember the former things of old,
For I am God, and (B)there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like Me,
10 (C)Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, (D)‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’

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30 (A)There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the Lord.

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Error and Greed

If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to (A)wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, (B)and to the [a]doctrine which accords with godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, [b]useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. [c]From (C)such withdraw yourself.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 6:3 teaching
  2. 1 Timothy 6:5 NU, M constant friction
  3. 1 Timothy 6:5 NU omits the rest of v. 5.

And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men—[a]the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.”

He said to them, All too well (A)you [b]reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 7:8 NU omits the rest of v. 8.
  2. Mark 7:9 set aside

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