Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. | Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs. |
A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends. | A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends. |
By pride comes nothing but strife, But with the well-advised is wisdom. | Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is with people who take advice. |
It is honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel. | It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. |
A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calls for blows. | A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. |
Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 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. | Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom. |
For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. | For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. |
Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. | Doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself. |