For Jehovah spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and warned me against walking in the way of this people, saying,

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and honor the King of Heaven, for all His works are truth, and His ways are justice. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to Judaize?

This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the emptiness of their mind,

For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies.

and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. They are presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries.

raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be led astray. Neither prostitutes, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,

envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

For this you know, that no prostitute, unclean person, nor covetous person, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Let no one beguile you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified.

always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy

Rivers of water run down from my eyes, because they do not keep Your Law.

Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep and cry and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is taken captive.

And as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it,

serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears and trials which happened to me by the plotting of the Jews;

Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.

Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.

that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, through many tears, not that you should be sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have more abundantly for you.

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from good will:

The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds;

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

which is not another; but there are some who trouble you, even determined to pervert the gospel of Christ.

I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died in vain.

As many as desire to make a good showing in the flesh, these compel you to be circumcised, only that they may not suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.