Indeed, it is necessary that there be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be recognized among you.

在你们中间不免有分门结党的事，好叫那些有经验的人显明出来。

在你们中间必然有分门结党的事，好使那些经得起考验的人显明出来。

在你们中间必然有分门结党的事，好使那些经得起考验的人显明出来。

你们中间必然会有分裂的事，好显出谁是经得起考验的。

你们中间会有分党结派的事，这是必然的，为的是要使那些经得起考验的人显明出来。

实际上，你们当中必定也会有结派的事，好让那些经过考验的人在你们中间能显露出来。

在你們中間不免有分門結黨的事，好叫那些有經驗的人顯明出來。

在你們中間必然有分門結黨的事，好使那些經得起考驗的人顯明出來。

在你們中間必然有分門結黨的事，好使那些經得起考驗的人顯明出來。

你們中間必然會有分裂的事，好顯出誰是經得起考驗的。

你們中間會有分黨結派的事，這是必然的，為的是要使那些經得起考驗的人顯明出來。

為要讓被試驗為可取的人在你們中間顯明出來，你們中間總不能沒有派別的。

實際上，你們當中必定也會有結派的事，好讓那些經過考驗的人在你們中間能顯露出來。

爾中必有偏黨、使諳練者顯焉、

爾中必各自為黨、以別諳練者焉、

爾中不免有各異議為黨之事、使爾中練達者顯著、

蓋分派立異之事、在所不免；偽者既起、則真者彌著矣。

No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.

Do you really think you need to take sides? You probably think God favors one side over the other!

for there must be factions among you in order that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.

But, of course, there must be divisions among you so that you who have God’s approval will be recognized!

For there also have to be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you.

For there must also be factions among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you.

For there must be also factions among you, that they that are approved may be made manifest among you.

There must, indeed, be factions among you, so that those who are approved may be recognized among you.

For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident.

For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.

Reject a divisive person after a first and second warning.

do not listen to that prophet’s words or to that dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul.

Men will rise up even from your own number and distort the truth to lure the disciples into following them.

He said to his disciples,“ Offenses will certainly come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

Woe to the world because of offenses. For offenses will inevitably come, but woe to that person by whom the offense comes.

Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves. Or do you yourselves not recognize that Jesus Christ is in you?— unless you fail the test.And I hope you will recognize that we ourselves do not fail the test.But we pray to God that you do nothing wrong— not that we may appear to pass the test, but that you may do what is right, even though we may appear to fail.

There were indeed false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves.Many will follow their depraved ways, and the way of truth will be maligned because of them.

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.

idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions,

For we have found this man to be a plague, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the Roman world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.

and a sword will pierce your own soul— that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

They have known me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.

Then the high priest rose up. He and all who were with him, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

But some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said,“ It is necessary to circumcise them and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”

But we want to hear what your views are, since we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”

But I admit this to you: I worship the God of my ancestors according to the Way, which they call a sect, believing everything that is in accordance with the law and written in the prophets.