Ephesians 5:17 Why be you not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.… If you would know such as are wise above sobriety you shall discern them by these marks: — 1. They have all the talk, wheresoever they come, like parrots. 2. They contemn others, like the Pharisees. 3. They spurn at them which tell them of their fault, like Abner. 4. They jump with Caesar, like the Herodians. 5. They turn with the time, like Demas. 6. They seek their own credit by the discredit of others, like the enemies of Paul. 7. They love to hear their own praise, like Herod. 8. Above all things they would have their own will, like Jezebel.Whensoever these eight marks meet there is a wise man and a fool; a wise man in his own conceit, and a fool in proof: these are the wise men of the north, and the philosophers of England. (Henry Smith.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.WEB: Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. |
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