Matthew 24:49

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Summary

Matthew 24:49

And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

To smite

And to

Bible References

To smite

For you listen to a man, if he makes you his slave, or spends your money for his living, or cheats you, or puts on airs, or slaps you in the face.

and not as domineering over those in your charge but proving yourselves models for the flock to imitate;

I have written briefly to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to be first among them, refuses to listen to me.

Permission was given to him to make war on God's people and to conquer them; authority was given to him over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

Because they have shed the blood of your people and prophets, you have given them blood to drink; they deserve it."

I saw the woman drinking herself drunk with the blood of God's people and the blood of the martyred witnesses to Jesus. When I saw her, I was utterly astonished,

And to

"Look out for false prophets, who come to you under the guise of sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves.

For such men are really not serving our Lord Christ but their own base appetites, and by their fair and flattering talk they are deceiving the hearts of unsuspecting people.

Their doom is destruction, their stomach is their god, their glory is in their shame, and their minds are feeding on earthly things,

whose mouths must be stopped, for they upset whole families by teaching things they ought not to think, for the sake of dishonest gain.

They think their daily luxurious living real pleasure; they are spots and blots, deceitfully living in luxurious pleasure while they continue their religious feasting with you.

They are blots on your love feasts while they feast with you, daringly caring for no one but themselves; rainless clouds swept along by winds; leafless trees that bear no fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;