Romans 16:18 — Community Reflections

ROMANS 16:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 1

“For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.”

For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. — Ou tō kyriō hēmōn Christō (not to our Lord Christ) douleuōsin (serve they) alla tē heautōn koilia (but to their own belly). Through chrēstologia (smooth/pleasant speech) kai eulogia (flattery, blessing-speech) exapataō (deceive) kardias tōn akakōn (hearts of the innocent). Seduction through rhetoric and self-service masquerades as spirituality.

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Rivers of living water — Romans 16

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