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21 So she seduced him with her pretty speech
    and enticed him with her flattery.

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For the lips of an immoral woman are as sweet as honey,
    and her mouth is smoother than oil.

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Neighbors lie to each other,
    speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.

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14 Either way, Christ’s love controls us.[a] Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 5:14a Or urges us on.
  2. 5:14b Greek Since one died for all, then all died.

15 She and her household were baptized, and she asked us to be her guests. “If you agree that I am a true believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my home.” And she urged us until we agreed.

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29 but they begged him, “Stay the night with us, since it is getting late.” So he went home with them.

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23 So his master said, ‘Go out into the country lanes and behind the hedges and urge anyone you find to come, so that the house will be full.

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Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman,
    from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.

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Elisha and the Woman from Shunem

One day Elisha went to the town of Shunem. A wealthy woman lived there, and she urged him to come to her home for a meal. After that, whenever he passed that way, he would stop there for something to eat.

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23 But Saul refused to eat anything. Then his advisers joined the woman in urging him to eat, so he finally yielded and got up from the ground and sat on the couch.

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15 Then Delilah pouted, “How can you tell me, ‘I love you,’ when you don’t share your secrets with me? You’ve made fun of me three times now, and you still haven’t told me what makes you so strong!” 16 She tormented him with her nagging day after day until he was sick to death of it.

17 Finally, Samson shared his secret with her. “My hair has never been cut,” he confessed, “for I was dedicated to God as a Nazirite from birth. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as anyone else.”

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24 It will keep you from the immoral woman,
    from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.

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