13 some worthless men have gone out from among you and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying, ‘(A)Let’s go and serve other gods’ (whom you have not known),

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13 that troublemakers(A) have arisen among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods you have not known),

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The Sin of Eli’s Sons

12 Now the sons of Eli were [a](A)useless men; they did not know the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 2:12 Lit sons of Belial

Eli’s Wicked Sons

12 Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard(A) for the Lord.

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10 and seat two (A)worthless men opposite him, and have them testify against him, saying, ‘(B)You [a]cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and (C)stone him [b]to death.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 21:10 Lit blessed, an ancient euphemism to avoid any mention of the cursing of God
  2. 1 Kings 21:10 Lit so that he dies

10 But seat two scoundrels(A) opposite him and have them bring charges that he has cursed(B) both God and the king. Then take him out and stone him to death.”

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15 Or what (A)harmony does Christ have with [a]Belial, or [b]what does a (B)believer share with an (C)unbeliever?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Gr Beliar; a name of the devil and the antichrist
  2. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Lit what part has a believer with an unbeliever

15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial[a]?(A) Or what does a believer(B) have in common with an unbeliever?(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 6:15 Greek Beliar, a variant of Belial