And with every deceit of wrongdoing among those whose fate is destruction; because they were quite without that love of the true faith by which they might have salvation.

The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.

My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me.

And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.

And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation.

But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.

To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

But praise be to God that though you were the servants of sin, you have now given yourselves freely to that form of teaching under which you were placed;

Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.

For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.

If any man has not love for the Lord, let him be cursed. Maran atha (our Lord comes).

For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;

For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.

For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.

So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.

So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;

Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.

Whose desire is that all men may have salvation and come to the knowledge of what is true.

But give comfort to one another every day as long as it is still Today; so that no one among you may be made hard by the deceit of sin:

Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.

But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;

For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;

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Deceivableness

For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.
For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.
And we have given up the secret things of shame, not walking in false ways, and not making use of the word of God with deceit; but by the revelation of what is true, as before God, we have the approval of every man's sense of right and wrong.
For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.
So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;
For with high-sounding false words, making use of the attraction of unclean desires of the flesh, they get into their power those newly made free from those who are living in error;
But give comfort to one another every day as long as it is still Today; so that no one among you may be made hard by the deceit of sin:

In them

For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.
For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;
But if our good news is veiled, it is veiled from those who are on the way to destruction:
But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;

That they

God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.
But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation.
Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is, that they may get salvation.
Who, to make the measure of their sins complete, kept us from giving the word of salvation to the Gentiles: but the wrath of God is about to come on them in the fullest degree.
Whose desire is that all men may have salvation and come to the knowledge of what is true.

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And the wonder-workers did the same with their secret arts, making frogs come up over the land of Egypt.
And the sign or the wonder takes place, and he says to you, Let us go after other gods, which are strange to you, and give them worship;
He will make your minds diseased, and your eyes blind, and your hearts wasted with fear:
But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.
As he took pleasure in cursing, so let it come on him; and as he had no delight in blessing, let it be far from him.
Go on now with your secret arts, and all your wonder-working, to which you have given yourself up from your earliest days; it may be that they will be of profit to you, or by them you may put fear into your attackers.
But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain

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