⁴⁰ the priest shall command that the stones in which the disease appears be taken out and thrown into an unclean place outside the city.^(A)

¹⁵ Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral^[a] and murderers and idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.^(A)

²⁰ But I have this against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet and is teaching and beguiling my servants to engage in sexual immorality^[a] and to eat food sacrificed to idols.^(A)

¹⁴ But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel, so that they would eat food sacrificed to idols and engage in sexual immorality.^{[a](A) 15} So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. ¹⁶ Repent, then. If not, I will come to you soon and wage war against them with the sword of my mouth.^(B)

⁶ Yet this is to your credit: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

² “I know your works, your toil and your endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate evildoers; you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not and have found them to be false.^(A)

¹⁰ If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive and welcome this person into your house,^{(A) 11} for to welcome is to participate in the evil deeds of such a person.^(B)

¹⁰ After a first and second admonition, have nothing more to do with anyone who causes divisions,^(A)

¹³ God will judge those outside. “Drive out the wicked person from among you.”^(A)

⁵ you are to hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.^[a](A)

⁶ Your boasting is not a good thing. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all of the dough?^(B)