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Δίκαιον
οὖν
καὶ
ὅσιον,
ἄνδρες
ἀδελφοί,
ὑπηκόους
ἡμᾶς
μᾶλλον
γενέσθαι
τῷ
θεῷ
ἢ
τοῖς
ἐν
ἀλαζόνειᾳ
καὶ
ἀκαταστασίᾳ
μυσεροῦ
ζήλους
ἀρχηγοῖς
ἐξακολουθεῖν.
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Therefore, it is right and proper, brothers, that we should be obedient to God rather than follow those who, in their arrogance and disorder, have set themselves up as leaders in despicable jealousy.
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2 βλάβην
γὰρ
οὐ
τὴν
τυχοῦσαν,
μᾶλλον
δὲ
κίνδυνον
ὑποίσομεν
μέγαν,
ἐὰν
ῥιψοκινδύνως
ἐπιδῶμεν
ἑαυτοὺς
τοῖς
θελήμασιν
τῶν
ἀνθρώπων,
οἵτινες
ἐξακοντίζουσιν
εἰς
ἔριν
καὶ
στάσεις,
εἰς
τὸ
ἀπαλλοτριῶσαι
ἡμᾶς
τοῦ
καλῶς
ἔχοντος.
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For we will bring upon us no insignificant harm, but rather a great danger if we recklessly yield to the purposes of men who launch us into strife and seditions with the intent of divorcing us from what is good.
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3 χρηστευσώμεθα
ἑαυτοῖς
κατὰ
τὴν
εὐσπλαγχνίαν
καὶ
γλυκύτητα
τοῦ
ποιήσαντος
ἡμᾶς.
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Let's be kind to them according to the compassion and sweetness of Him who made us..
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4 γέγραπται
γάρ·
Χρηστοὶ
ἔσονται
οἰκήτορες
γῆς,
ἄκακοι
δὲ
ὑπολειφθήσονται
ἐπ᾿
αὐτῆς·
οἱ
δὲ
παρανομοῦντες
ἐξολεθρευθήσονται
ἀπ᾿
αὐτῆς.
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For it is written, "The men of kindness will inherit the land. The innocent will be left upon it, but the transgressors will be utterly destroyed from it" (Prov. 2:21-22).
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5 καὶ
πάλιν
λέγει·
Εἶδον
ἀσεβῆ
ὑπερυψούμενον
καὶ
ἐπαιρόμενον
ὡς
τὰς
κέδρους
τοῦ
Λιβάνου·
καὶ
παρῆλθον,
καὶ
ἰδοὺ
οὐκ
ἦν,
καὶ
ἐξεζήτησα
τὸν
τόπον
αὐτοῦ,
καὶ
οὐχ
εὗρον.
φύλασσε
ἀκακίαν
καὶ
ἴδε
εὐθύτητα,
ὅτι
ἐστὶν
ἐγκατάλειμμα
ἀνθρώπῳ
εἰρηνικῷ.
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Again it says, "I saw the ungodly person lifted up high and exalted as the cedars of Lebanon. When I passed by, and look, he wasn't there. I searched for his place, but I didn't find it. Guard (your) innocence and respect integrity because there is a remnant for the peaceful person.
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