Ephesians 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God on the children of disobedience. We are informed by chemists that one grain of iodine will give colour to seven thousand times its own weight of water. One indulgence in bad company is enough to communicate much of its contagion to your moral being. If you handle pitch with your bare hand it will adhere for days or weeks, so the connection which you may form with bad company, will pollute you in a way which a whole life may not suffice to remove. (John Bate.) Parallel Verses KJV: Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. |
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