Calling People Fools

But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

“But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’

You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.

He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.

You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?

For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. — read the full passage →

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest! — read the full passage →

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. — read the full passage →

You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Then I stood on the sand of the sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names. — read the full passage →

“You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.’

The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.

All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Indeed, we put bits into the horses’ mouths so that they may obey us, and we guide their whole body. — read the full passage →

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise;

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. — read the full passage →

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all patience and teaching. — read the full passage →

He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints,

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witnesses against Jesus to put him to death, and found none.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, that they might put him to death;

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehennaof fire.

“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, — read the full passage →