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Acts 8:23

SinEnvy and jealousy

21 You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

22 Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.

For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”

24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

25 And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.

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BSB
For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and captive to iniquity.”
KJV
For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
WEB
For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”
ASV
For I see that thou art in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
DARBY
for I see thee to be in the gall of bitterness, and bond of unrighteousness.
BLB
For I see you being in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity.”
ÅB
For jeg ser at du ligger i bitterhets galle og urettferdighets bånd.
OTB
For jeg ser at du er fylt med bitterhet og holdt fanget av synd."
B1930
For jeg ser at du ligger i bitterhets galle og urettferdighets bånd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 58:6

    Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

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  • Proverbs 5:22

    The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

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  • John 8:34

    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.

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  • Hebrews 12:15

    See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

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  • Titus 3:3

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

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  • Isaiah 28:22

    So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.

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  • Romans 6:17–22

    But thanks be to God that, though you once were slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were committed.

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  • Jeremiah 9:15

    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.

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