Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

And Elijah came to all the people, and said, How long will you be limping between two divided opinions? If Jehovah is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow after him. But the people answered him not a word.

They feared Jehovah, and also served their own gods; according to the manner of the nations from where they were carried away.

Thus these nations feared Jehovah, while also serving their graven images. And their children and their children's children have continued doing as their fathers have done, even to this day.

Therefore Jehovah said, Whereas this people draw near with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men;

Ephraim has mixed himself among the peoples. Ephraim is a cake not turned.

And the pride of Israel testifies to his face. And they do not return to Jehovah their God, nor seek Him for all this.

Their heart is divided. Now they shall be found guilty. He will break down their altars; He will destroy their images.

The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.

No one is able to serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. It is not possible to serve God and mammon.

having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; accursed children.

as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the unlearned and unstable twist, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.