²⁶ Then you will say, ‘But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

¹⁶ Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.

⁵ They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!