Galatians 2:11 Later, when Peter came to Antioch, I had a face-to-face confrontation with him because he was clearly out of line. Here’s the situation. Earlier, before cert...

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The Message - Later, when Peter came to Antioch, I had a face-to-face confrontation with him because he was clearly out of line. Here’s the situation. Earlier, before certain persons had come from James, Peter regularly ate with the non-Jews. But when that conservative group came from Jerusalem, he cautiously pulled back and put as much distance as he could manage between himself and his non-Jewish friends. That’s how fearful he was of the conservative Jewish clique that’s been pushing the old system of circumcision. Unfortunately, the rest of the Jews in the Antioch church joined in that hypocrisy so that even Barnabas was swept along in the charade.
新标点和合本 - 后来，矶法到了安提阿；因他有可责之处，我就当面抵挡他。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 后来，矶法到了安提阿，因为他有可责之处，我就当面反对他。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 后来，矶法到了安提阿，因为他有可责之处，我就当面反对他。
当代译本 - 后来，矶法到了安提阿，因他做错了事，我就当面反对他。
圣经新译本 - 可是，矶法到了安提阿的时候，因为他有该责备的地方，我就当面反对他。
中文标准译本 - 不过矶法来到安提阿的时候，我曾当面抵挡他，因为他有该责备的地方。
现代标点和合本 - 后来矶法到了安提阿，因他有可责之处，我就当面抵挡他。
和合本（拼音版） - 后来矶法到了安提阿，因他有可责之处，我就当面抵挡他。
New International Version - When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
New International Reader's Version - When Peter came to Antioch, I told him to his face that I was against what he was doing. He was clearly wrong.
English Standard Version - But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
New Living Translation - But when Peter came to Antioch, I had to oppose him to his face, for what he did was very wrong.
Christian Standard Bible - But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned.
New American Standard Bible - But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
New King James Version - Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;
Amplified Bible - Now when Cephas (Peter) came to Antioch, I opposed him face to face [about his conduct there], because he stood condemned [by his own actions].
American Standard Version - But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.
King James Version - But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
New English Translation - But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong.
World English Bible - But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.
新標點和合本 - 後來，磯法到了安提阿；因他有可責之處，我就當面抵擋他。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 後來，磯法到了安提阿，因為他有可責之處，我就當面反對他。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 後來，磯法到了安提阿，因為他有可責之處，我就當面反對他。
當代譯本 - 後來，磯法到了安提阿，因他做錯了事，我就當面反對他。
聖經新譯本 - 可是，磯法到了安提阿的時候，因為他有該責備的地方，我就當面反對他。
呂振中譯本 - 但磯法到了安提阿的時候，我就當面反對他，因為他有可責備之處。
中文標準譯本 - 不過磯法來到安提阿的時候，我曾當面抵擋他，因為他有該責備的地方。
現代標點和合本 - 後來磯法到了安提阿，因他有可責之處，我就當面抵擋他。
文理和合譯本 - 然磯法至安提阿、我面諍之、以其干咎也、
文理委辦譯本 - 然彼得至安提阿時、有可責處、我面詰之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 後磯法至安提約、有可責之處、我面詰之、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 惟伯鐸祿至安提阿時、有過、予曾面斥之。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pues bien, cuando Pedro fue a Antioquía, le eché en cara su comportamiento condenable.
현대인의 성경 - 그런데 베드로가 안디옥에 왔을 때 그가 잘못한 일이 있었으므로 나는 여러 사람 앞에서 그를 책망하였습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Когда же Кифа пришел в Антиохию, я высказал ему все прямо в лицо, потому что он был виноват.
Восточный перевод - Когда же Кифа пришёл в Антиохию, я высказал ему всё прямо в лицо, потому что он был виноват.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда же Кифа пришёл в Антиохию, я высказал ему всё прямо в лицо, потому что он был виноват.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда же Кифа пришёл в Антиохию, я высказал ему всё прямо в лицо, потому что он был виноват.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais, lorsque Pierre est venu à Antioche , je me suis opposé ouvertement à lui, car il avait tort.
リビングバイブル - ところが、そのペテロがアンテオケに来た時、非常に誤った行動をとったので、私は面と向かって激しく非難しました。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν Κηφᾶς εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν, κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτῷ ἀντέστην, ὅτι κατεγνωσμένος ἦν.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν Κηφᾶς εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν, κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτῷ ἀντέστην, ὅτι κατεγνωσμένος ἦν.
Nova Versão Internacional - Quando, porém, Pedro veio a Antioquia, enfrentei-o face a face, por sua atitude condenável.
Hoffnung für alle - Als aber Petrus später nach Antiochia kam, musste ich ihm vor allen widersprechen, denn er hatte sich eindeutig falsch verhalten.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Khi Phi-e-rơ đến thành An-ti-ốt, tôi phải phản đối ông trước mặt mọi người vì hành động của ông thật đáng trách.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เมื่อเปโตรมาที่อันทิโอก ข้าพเจ้าคัดค้านเขาซึ่งๆ หน้าเนื่องจากเขาได้ทำผิดอย่างชัดเจน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่เมื่อเคฟาสมายังเมืองอันทิโอก ข้าพเจ้าคัดค้านเขาต่อหน้า เพราะเขาทำผิดอย่างเห็นได้ชัด

交叉引用

Matthew 16:17 - Jesus came back, “God bless you, Simon, son of Jonah! You didn’t get that answer out of books or from teachers. My Father in heaven, God himself, let you in on this secret of who I really am. And now I’m going to tell you who you are, really are. You are Peter, a rock. This is the rock on which I will put together my church, a church so expansive with energy that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out.
Matthew 16:23 - But Jesus didn’t swerve. “Peter, get out of my way. Satan, get lost. You have no idea how God works.”
2 Corinthians 11:21 - Since you admire the egomaniacs of the pulpit so much (remember, this is your old friend, the fool, talking), let me try my hand at it. Do they brag of being Hebrews, Israelites, the pure race of Abraham? I’m their match. Are they servants of Christ? I can go them one better. (I can’t believe I’m saying these things. It’s crazy to talk this way! But I started, and I’m going to finish.)
2 Corinthians 11:23 - I’ve worked much harder, been jailed more often, beaten up more times than I can count, and at death’s door time after time. I’ve been flogged five times with the Jews’ thirty-nine lashes, beaten by Roman rods three times, pummeled with rocks once. I’ve been shipwrecked three times, and immersed in the open sea for a night and a day. In hard traveling year in and year out, I’ve had to ford rivers, fend off robbers, struggle with friends, struggle with foes. I’ve been at risk in the city, at risk in the country, endangered by desert sun and sea storm, and betrayed by those I thought were my brothers. I’ve known drudgery and hard labor, many a long and lonely night without sleep, many a missed meal, blasted by the cold, naked to the weather.
2 Corinthians 11:28 - And that’s not the half of it, when you throw in the daily pressures and anxieties of all the churches. When someone gets to the end of his rope, I feel the desperation in my bones. When someone is duped into sin, an angry fire burns in my gut.
Exodus 32:21 - Moses said to Aaron, “What on Earth did these people ever do to you that you involved them in this huge sin?”
Exodus 32:22 - Aaron said, “Master, don’t be angry. You know this people and how set on evil they are. They said to me, ‘Make us gods who will lead us. This Moses, the man who brought us out of Egypt, we don’t know what’s happened to him.’
Jonah 1:3 - But Jonah got up and went the other direction to Tarshish, running away from God. He went down to the port of Joppa and found a ship headed for Tarshish. He paid the fare and went on board, joining those going to Tarshish—as far away from God as he could get.
2 Corinthians 12:11 - Well, now I’ve done it! I’ve made a complete fool of myself by going on like this. But it’s not all my fault; you put me up to it. You should have been doing this for me, sticking up for me and commending me instead of making me do it for myself. You know from personal experience that even if I’m a nobody, a nothing, I wasn’t second-rate compared to those big-shot apostles you’re so taken with. All the signs that mark a true apostle were in evidence while I was with you through both good times and bad: signs of portent, signs of wonder, signs of power. Did you get less of me or of God than any of the other churches? The only thing you got less of was less responsibility for my upkeep. Well, I’m sorry. Forgive me for depriving you.
Acts 15:30 - And so off they went to Antioch. On arrival, they gathered the church and read the letter. The people were greatly relieved and pleased. Judas and Silas, good preachers both of them, strengthened their new friends with many words of courage and hope. Then it was time to go home. They were sent off by their new friends with laughter and embraces all around to report back to those who had sent them.
Acts 15:35 - Paul and Barnabas stayed on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the Word of God. But they weren’t alone. There were a number of teachers and preachers at that time in Antioch.
Acts 11:19 - Those who had been scattered by the persecution triggered by Stephen’s death traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, but they were still only speaking and dealing with their fellow Jews. Then some of the men from Cyprus and Cyrene who had come to Antioch started talking to Greeks, giving them the Message of the Master Jesus. God was pleased with what they were doing and put his stamp of approval on it—quite a number of the Greeks believed and turned to the Master.
Jonah 4:3 - “So, God, if you won’t kill them, kill me! I’m better off dead!”
Jonah 4:4 - God said, “What do you have to be angry about?”
Jonah 4:9 - Then God said to Jonah, “What right do you have to get angry about this shade tree?” Jonah said, “Plenty of right. It’s made me angry enough to die!”
Galatians 2:14 - But when I saw that they were not maintaining a steady, straight course according to the Message, I spoke up to Peter in front of them all: “If you, a Jew, live like a non-Jew when you’re not being observed by the watchdogs from Jerusalem, what right do you have to require non-Jews to conform to Jewish customs just to make a favorable impression on your old Jerusalem buddies?”
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Because of this decision we don’t evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and got it all wrong, as you know. We certainly don’t look at him that way anymore. Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life emerges! Look at it! All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other. God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins. God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing. We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you.
Acts 15:37 - Barnabas wanted to take John along, the John nicknamed Mark. But Paul wouldn’t have him; he wasn’t about to take along a quitter who, as soon as the going got tough, had jumped ship on them in Pamphylia. Tempers flared, and they ended up going their separate ways: Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus; Paul chose Silas and, offered up by their friends to the grace of the Master, went to Syria and Cilicia to put grit in those congregations.
Jeremiah 1:17 - “But you—up on your feet and get dressed for work! Stand up and say your piece. Say exactly what I tell you to say. Don’t pull your punches or I’ll pull you out of the lineup.
Numbers 20:12 - God said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t trust me, didn’t treat me with holy reverence in front of the People of Israel, you two aren’t going to lead this company into the land that I am giving them.”
Acts 23:1 - Paul surveyed the members of the council with a steady gaze, and then said his piece: “Friends, I’ve lived with a clear conscience before God all my life, up to this very moment.” That set the Chief Priest Ananias off. He ordered his aides to slap Paul in the face. Paul shot back, “God will slap you down! What a fake you are! You sit there and judge me by the Law and then break the Law by ordering me slapped around!”
Acts 23:4 - The aides were scandalized: “How dare you talk to God’s Chief Priest like that!”
Acts 23:5 - Paul acted surprised. “How was I to know he was Chief Priest? He doesn’t act like a Chief Priest. You’re right, the Scripture does say, ‘Don’t speak abusively to a ruler of the people.’ Sorry.”
Jude 1:3 - Dear friends, I’ve dropped everything to write you about this life of salvation that we have in common. I have to write insisting—begging!—that you fight with everything you have in you for this faith entrusted to us as a gift to guard and cherish. What has happened is that some people have infiltrated our ranks (our Scriptures warned us this would happen), who beneath their pious skin are shameless scoundrels. Their design is to replace the sheer grace of our God with sheer license—which means doing away with Jesus Christ, our one and only Master.
Acts 15:1 - It wasn’t long before some Jews showed up from Judea insisting that everyone be circumcised: “If you’re not circumcised in the Mosaic fashion, you can’t be saved.” Paul and Barnabas were up on their feet at once in fierce protest. The church decided to resolve the matter by sending Paul, Barnabas, and a few others to put it before the apostles and leaders in Jerusalem.
1 Timothy 5:20 - If anyone falls into sin, call that person on the carpet. Those who are inclined that way will know right off they can’t get by with it.

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The Message - Later, when Peter came to Antioch, I had a face-to-face confrontation with him because he was clearly out of line. Here’s the situation. Earlier, before certain persons had come from James, Peter regularly ate with the non-Jews. But when that conservative group came from Jerusalem, he cautiously pulled back and put as much distance as he could manage between himself and his non-Jewish friends. That’s how fearful he was of the conservative Jewish clique that’s been pushing the old system of circumcision. Unfortunately, the rest of the Jews in the Antioch church joined in that hypocrisy so that even Barnabas was swept along in the charade.
新标点和合本 - 后来，矶法到了安提阿；因他有可责之处，我就当面抵挡他。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 后来，矶法到了安提阿，因为他有可责之处，我就当面反对他。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 后来，矶法到了安提阿，因为他有可责之处，我就当面反对他。
当代译本 - 后来，矶法到了安提阿，因他做错了事，我就当面反对他。
圣经新译本 - 可是，矶法到了安提阿的时候，因为他有该责备的地方，我就当面反对他。
中文标准译本 - 不过矶法来到安提阿的时候，我曾当面抵挡他，因为他有该责备的地方。
现代标点和合本 - 后来矶法到了安提阿，因他有可责之处，我就当面抵挡他。
和合本（拼音版） - 后来矶法到了安提阿，因他有可责之处，我就当面抵挡他。
New International Version - When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
New International Reader's Version - When Peter came to Antioch, I told him to his face that I was against what he was doing. He was clearly wrong.
English Standard Version - But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
New Living Translation - But when Peter came to Antioch, I had to oppose him to his face, for what he did was very wrong.
Christian Standard Bible - But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face because he stood condemned.
New American Standard Bible - But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.
New King James Version - Now when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;
Amplified Bible - Now when Cephas (Peter) came to Antioch, I opposed him face to face [about his conduct there], because he stood condemned [by his own actions].
American Standard Version - But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.
King James Version - But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
New English Translation - But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong.
World English Bible - But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.
新標點和合本 - 後來，磯法到了安提阿；因他有可責之處，我就當面抵擋他。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 後來，磯法到了安提阿，因為他有可責之處，我就當面反對他。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 後來，磯法到了安提阿，因為他有可責之處，我就當面反對他。
當代譯本 - 後來，磯法到了安提阿，因他做錯了事，我就當面反對他。
聖經新譯本 - 可是，磯法到了安提阿的時候，因為他有該責備的地方，我就當面反對他。
呂振中譯本 - 但磯法到了安提阿的時候，我就當面反對他，因為他有可責備之處。
中文標準譯本 - 不過磯法來到安提阿的時候，我曾當面抵擋他，因為他有該責備的地方。
現代標點和合本 - 後來磯法到了安提阿，因他有可責之處，我就當面抵擋他。
文理和合譯本 - 然磯法至安提阿、我面諍之、以其干咎也、
文理委辦譯本 - 然彼得至安提阿時、有可責處、我面詰之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 後磯法至安提約、有可責之處、我面詰之、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 惟伯鐸祿至安提阿時、有過、予曾面斥之。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pues bien, cuando Pedro fue a Antioquía, le eché en cara su comportamiento condenable.
현대인의 성경 - 그런데 베드로가 안디옥에 왔을 때 그가 잘못한 일이 있었으므로 나는 여러 사람 앞에서 그를 책망하였습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Когда же Кифа пришел в Антиохию, я высказал ему все прямо в лицо, потому что он был виноват.
Восточный перевод - Когда же Кифа пришёл в Антиохию, я высказал ему всё прямо в лицо, потому что он был виноват.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Когда же Кифа пришёл в Антиохию, я высказал ему всё прямо в лицо, потому что он был виноват.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Когда же Кифа пришёл в Антиохию, я высказал ему всё прямо в лицо, потому что он был виноват.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais, lorsque Pierre est venu à Antioche , je me suis opposé ouvertement à lui, car il avait tort.
リビングバイブル - ところが、そのペテロがアンテオケに来た時、非常に誤った行動をとったので、私は面と向かって激しく非難しました。
Nestle Aland 28 - Ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν Κηφᾶς εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν, κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτῷ ἀντέστην, ὅτι κατεγνωσμένος ἦν.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν Κηφᾶς εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν, κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτῷ ἀντέστην, ὅτι κατεγνωσμένος ἦν.
Nova Versão Internacional - Quando, porém, Pedro veio a Antioquia, enfrentei-o face a face, por sua atitude condenável.
Hoffnung für alle - Als aber Petrus später nach Antiochia kam, musste ich ihm vor allen widersprechen, denn er hatte sich eindeutig falsch verhalten.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Khi Phi-e-rơ đến thành An-ti-ốt, tôi phải phản đối ông trước mặt mọi người vì hành động của ông thật đáng trách.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เมื่อเปโตรมาที่อันทิโอก ข้าพเจ้าคัดค้านเขาซึ่งๆ หน้าเนื่องจากเขาได้ทำผิดอย่างชัดเจน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่เมื่อเคฟาสมายังเมืองอันทิโอก ข้าพเจ้าคัดค้านเขาต่อหน้า เพราะเขาทำผิดอย่างเห็นได้ชัด

Matthew 16:17 - Jesus came back, “God bless you, Simon, son of Jonah! You didn’t get that answer out of books or from teachers. My Father in heaven, God himself, let you in on this secret of who I really am. And now I’m going to tell you who you are, really are. You are Peter, a rock. This is the rock on which I will put together my church, a church so expansive with energy that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out.
Matthew 16:23 - But Jesus didn’t swerve. “Peter, get out of my way. Satan, get lost. You have no idea how God works.”
2 Corinthians 11:21 - Since you admire the egomaniacs of the pulpit so much (remember, this is your old friend, the fool, talking), let me try my hand at it. Do they brag of being Hebrews, Israelites, the pure race of Abraham? I’m their match. Are they servants of Christ? I can go them one better. (I can’t believe I’m saying these things. It’s crazy to talk this way! But I started, and I’m going to finish.)
2 Corinthians 11:23 - I’ve worked much harder, been jailed more often, beaten up more times than I can count, and at death’s door time after time. I’ve been flogged five times with the Jews’ thirty-nine lashes, beaten by Roman rods three times, pummeled with rocks once. I’ve been shipwrecked three times, and immersed in the open sea for a night and a day. In hard traveling year in and year out, I’ve had to ford rivers, fend off robbers, struggle with friends, struggle with foes. I’ve been at risk in the city, at risk in the country, endangered by desert sun and sea storm, and betrayed by those I thought were my brothers. I’ve known drudgery and hard labor, many a long and lonely night without sleep, many a missed meal, blasted by the cold, naked to the weather.
2 Corinthians 11:28 - And that’s not the half of it, when you throw in the daily pressures and anxieties of all the churches. When someone gets to the end of his rope, I feel the desperation in my bones. When someone is duped into sin, an angry fire burns in my gut.
Exodus 32:21 - Moses said to Aaron, “What on Earth did these people ever do to you that you involved them in this huge sin?”
Exodus 32:22 - Aaron said, “Master, don’t be angry. You know this people and how set on evil they are. They said to me, ‘Make us gods who will lead us. This Moses, the man who brought us out of Egypt, we don’t know what’s happened to him.’
Jonah 1:3 - But Jonah got up and went the other direction to Tarshish, running away from God. He went down to the port of Joppa and found a ship headed for Tarshish. He paid the fare and went on board, joining those going to Tarshish—as far away from God as he could get.
2 Corinthians 12:11 - Well, now I’ve done it! I’ve made a complete fool of myself by going on like this. But it’s not all my fault; you put me up to it. You should have been doing this for me, sticking up for me and commending me instead of making me do it for myself. You know from personal experience that even if I’m a nobody, a nothing, I wasn’t second-rate compared to those big-shot apostles you’re so taken with. All the signs that mark a true apostle were in evidence while I was with you through both good times and bad: signs of portent, signs of wonder, signs of power. Did you get less of me or of God than any of the other churches? The only thing you got less of was less responsibility for my upkeep. Well, I’m sorry. Forgive me for depriving you.
Acts 15:30 - And so off they went to Antioch. On arrival, they gathered the church and read the letter. The people were greatly relieved and pleased. Judas and Silas, good preachers both of them, strengthened their new friends with many words of courage and hope. Then it was time to go home. They were sent off by their new friends with laughter and embraces all around to report back to those who had sent them.
Acts 15:35 - Paul and Barnabas stayed on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the Word of God. But they weren’t alone. There were a number of teachers and preachers at that time in Antioch.
Acts 11:19 - Those who had been scattered by the persecution triggered by Stephen’s death traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, but they were still only speaking and dealing with their fellow Jews. Then some of the men from Cyprus and Cyrene who had come to Antioch started talking to Greeks, giving them the Message of the Master Jesus. God was pleased with what they were doing and put his stamp of approval on it—quite a number of the Greeks believed and turned to the Master.
Jonah 4:3 - “So, God, if you won’t kill them, kill me! I’m better off dead!”
Jonah 4:4 - God said, “What do you have to be angry about?”
Jonah 4:9 - Then God said to Jonah, “What right do you have to get angry about this shade tree?” Jonah said, “Plenty of right. It’s made me angry enough to die!”
Galatians 2:14 - But when I saw that they were not maintaining a steady, straight course according to the Message, I spoke up to Peter in front of them all: “If you, a Jew, live like a non-Jew when you’re not being observed by the watchdogs from Jerusalem, what right do you have to require non-Jews to conform to Jewish customs just to make a favorable impression on your old Jerusalem buddies?”
2 Corinthians 5:16 - Because of this decision we don’t evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and got it all wrong, as you know. We certainly don’t look at him that way anymore. Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life emerges! Look at it! All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other. God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins. God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing. We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you.
Acts 15:37 - Barnabas wanted to take John along, the John nicknamed Mark. But Paul wouldn’t have him; he wasn’t about to take along a quitter who, as soon as the going got tough, had jumped ship on them in Pamphylia. Tempers flared, and they ended up going their separate ways: Barnabas took Mark and sailed for Cyprus; Paul chose Silas and, offered up by their friends to the grace of the Master, went to Syria and Cilicia to put grit in those congregations.
Jeremiah 1:17 - “But you—up on your feet and get dressed for work! Stand up and say your piece. Say exactly what I tell you to say. Don’t pull your punches or I’ll pull you out of the lineup.
Numbers 20:12 - God said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t trust me, didn’t treat me with holy reverence in front of the People of Israel, you two aren’t going to lead this company into the land that I am giving them.”
Acts 23:1 - Paul surveyed the members of the council with a steady gaze, and then said his piece: “Friends, I’ve lived with a clear conscience before God all my life, up to this very moment.” That set the Chief Priest Ananias off. He ordered his aides to slap Paul in the face. Paul shot back, “God will slap you down! What a fake you are! You sit there and judge me by the Law and then break the Law by ordering me slapped around!”
Acts 23:4 - The aides were scandalized: “How dare you talk to God’s Chief Priest like that!”
Acts 23:5 - Paul acted surprised. “How was I to know he was Chief Priest? He doesn’t act like a Chief Priest. You’re right, the Scripture does say, ‘Don’t speak abusively to a ruler of the people.’ Sorry.”
Jude 1:3 - Dear friends, I’ve dropped everything to write you about this life of salvation that we have in common. I have to write insisting—begging!—that you fight with everything you have in you for this faith entrusted to us as a gift to guard and cherish. What has happened is that some people have infiltrated our ranks (our Scriptures warned us this would happen), who beneath their pious skin are shameless scoundrels. Their design is to replace the sheer grace of our God with sheer license—which means doing away with Jesus Christ, our one and only Master.
Acts 15:1 - It wasn’t long before some Jews showed up from Judea insisting that everyone be circumcised: “If you’re not circumcised in the Mosaic fashion, you can’t be saved.” Paul and Barnabas were up on their feet at once in fierce protest. The church decided to resolve the matter by sending Paul, Barnabas, and a few others to put it before the apostles and leaders in Jerusalem.
1 Timothy 5:20 - If anyone falls into sin, call that person on the carpet. Those who are inclined that way will know right off they can’t get by with it.