Calling People Fools

but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

Fools and blind! for which <FI>is<Fi> greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?

`And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare--to whom shall they be?

Fools and blind! for which <FI>is<Fi> greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift?

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age--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 the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong;

`And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;

we <FI>are<Fi> fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we <FI>are<Fi> ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

And he said unto them, `O inconsiderate and slow in heart, to believe on all that the prophets spake!

unwise! thou--what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;

unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

for we were once--also we--thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious--hating one another;

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age--let him become a fool, that he may become wise, — read the full passage →

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know <FI>them<Fi> , because spiritually they are discerned;

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle! — read the full passage →

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, — read the full passage →

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age--let him become a fool, that he may become wise, — read the full passage →

Fools and blind! for which <FI>is<Fi> greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold? — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw out of the sea a beast coming up, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads a name of evil speaking, — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

`The beast that thou didst see: it was, and it is not; and it is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go away to destruction, and wonder shall those dwelling upon the earth, whose names have not been written upon the scroll of the life from the foundation of the world, beholding the beast that was, and is not, although it is.

And bow before it shall all who are dwelling upon the land, whose names have not been written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world;

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive, — read the full passage →

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about; — read the full passage →

See, then, how exactly ye 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 earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching, — read the full passage →

and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:

for God is not <FI>a God<Fi> of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

And the chief priests and all the sanhedrim were seeking against Jesus testimony--to put him to death, and they were not finding,

And the chief priests, and the elders, and all the council, were seeking false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death,

`And if thine eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee; it is good for thee one-eyed to enter into the life, rather than having two eyes to be cast to the gehenna of the fire.

`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee, — read the full passage →