Butter and honey shall He eat, before He knows either to prefer evil [or] choose the good.

For before the child shall know good or evil, He refuses evil, to choose the good; and the land shall be forsaken which you are afraid of because of the two kings.

Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as you have said,

We have hated evil, and loved good; restore judgment in the gates, so that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

Who hate good, and seek evil; who tear their skins off them, and their flesh off their bones:

For everyone that does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works be exposed.

and know His will, and approve the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law,

But if I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that [it is] good.

For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.

Therefore the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it does not submit to the law of God, nor indeed can it.

And do not fashion yourselves after this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and well pleasing and perfect will of God.

[Let] love [be] without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.

For the ear tries words, and the palate tastes meats.

For the ear tries words, and the mouth tastes meat.

And do not fashion yourselves after this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and well pleasing and perfect will of God.

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord.

But test all things; hold fast that which is good.

For indeed, although you ought to be teachers by this time, again you have need [for someone] to teach you what are the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.

But solid food is for the mature, for those because of their practice have their senses trained for the distinguishing of both good and evil.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

"I know your works, and your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you tested those who say that they are apostles and they are not, and you found them [to be] liars;

The [former] proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains;

Did he not say to me, She is my sister, and she, even she herself said, He is my brother? With a pure heart and in the righteousness of my hands have I done this.

And now fear the Lord, and serve Him in righteousness and justice; and remove the strange gods, which our fathers served beyond the river, and in Egypt; and serve the Lord.

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said about him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!"

And in this I myself am engaging, having a conscience blameless toward God and men through everything.

For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we have conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and especially toward you.

For we are not as the rest, corrupting the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.

I speak not by a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by means of the diligence of others.

but speaking the truth in love, we may grow up in all things into Him who is the head--Christ;

that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and blameless.

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

Now [may] the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block unto Me, because you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men."

"But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone be hanged on his neck, and he be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man through whom the offense comes!

Peter answered and said to Him, "Even if all are made to stumble because of You, yet I will never be made to stumble."

Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but [are] evil for the man eating with offense.

It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor [to do anything] by which your brother stumbles or is offended or becomes weak.

Now I urge you, brothers, to look out for those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.

Wherefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will by no means eat meat, lest I cause my brother to stumble.

Be without offense, both toward Jews and toward Greeks, and toward the church of God,

We give no occasion for offense in anything, lest the ministry be blamed,

And I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been done away with.

so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.

who will also confirm you until the end, [that you may be] unimpeachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.