¹¹ Clearly he is in error and a sinner, being self-judged.

²⁶ For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,

¹⁴ Put these things before them, giving them orders in the name of the Lord to keep themselves from fighting about words, which is of no profit, only causing error in their hearers.

¹⁹ Keeping faith, and being conscious of well-doing; for some, by not doing these things, have gone wrong in relation to the faith:

²⁰ Such are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have given up to Satan, so that they may say no more evil words against God.

¹⁹ Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:

²⁴ Because we have knowledge that some who went from us have been troubling you with their words, putting your souls in doubt; to whom we gave no such order;

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.

¹⁸ The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.

²² He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

³⁰ But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)

²⁶ But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

²⁷ Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?

²⁸ Take away, then, his talent and give it to him who has the ten talents.

¹¹ By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.