10 (A)Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;
Yes, strife and reproach will cease.

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10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
    quarrels and insults are ended.(A)

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13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore (A)“put away from yourselves the evil person.”

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13 God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 5:13 Deut. 13:5; 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21,24; 24:7

(A)deliver such a one to (B)Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord [a]Jesus.

(C)Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that (D)a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

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  1. 1 Corinthians 5:5 NU omits Jesus

hand this man over(A) to Satan(B) for the destruction of the flesh,[a][b] so that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord.(C)

Your boasting is not good.(D) Don’t you know that a little yeast(E) leavens the whole batch of dough?(F)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 5:5 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit.
  2. 1 Corinthians 5:5 Or of his body

24 A proud and haughty man—“Scoffer” is his name;
He acts with arrogant pride.

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24 The proud and arrogant person(A)—“Mocker” is his name—
    behaves with insolent fury.

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And Sarah saw the son of Hagar (A)the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, (B)scoffing.[a] 10 Therefore she said to Abraham, (C)“Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with Isaac.”

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  1. Genesis 21:9 Lit. laughing

But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham(A) was mocking,(B) 10 and she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman(C) and her son, for that woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac.”(D)

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Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
Him I will destroy;
(A)The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,
Him I will not endure.

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Whoever slanders their neighbor(A) in secret,
    I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes(B) and a proud heart,
    I will not tolerate.

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28 And one of the sons (A)of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of (B)Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I drove him from me.

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28 One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib(A) the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat(B) the Horonite. And I drove him away from me.

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The Wall Defended Against Enemies

But it so happened, (A)when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, that he was furious and very indignant, and mocked the Jews. And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the heaps of rubbish—stones that are burned?”

Now (B)Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Whatever they build, if even a fox goes up on it, he will break down their stone wall.”

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Opposition to the Rebuilding

[a]When Sanballat(A) heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews, and in the presence of his associates(B) and the army of Samaria, he said, “What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble(C)—burned as they are?”

Tobiah(D) the Ammonite, who was at his side, said, “What they are building—even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-6 is numbered 3:33-38, and 4:7-23 is numbered 4:1-17.

17 And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a (A)heathen and a tax collector.

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17 If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church;(A) and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.(B)

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20 Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;
And where there is no [a]talebearer, strife ceases.
21 (A)As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

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  1. Proverbs 26:20 gossip or slanderer, lit. whisperer

20 Without wood a fire goes out;
    without a gossip a quarrel dies down.(A)
21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire,
    so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.(B)

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A fool’s lips enter into contention,
And his mouth calls for blows.

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The lips of fools bring them strife,
    and their mouths invite a beating.(A)

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