Sunday, April 16, 2023

RECEIVING the WORD

 

James 1:21

King James Version

21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness 

and superfluity of naughtiness, 

and receive with meekness 

the engrafted word, 

which is able to save your souls.


GOD gives us a precious gift.

Which we must receive with a gentle, and humble spirit.

It has the power of saving our souls.

The Bible calls it the "engrafted word".

What does "engrafted word" mean?

These Bible versions tell us more:


James 1:21

Amplified Bible

21 So get rid of all uncleanness and [a]all that remains of wickedness, and with a humble spirit receive the word [of God] which is implanted [actually rooted in your heart], which is able to save your souls.


James 1:21

Christian Standard Bible

21 Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent,[a] humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls


James 1:21

Common English Bible

21 Therefore, with humility, set aside all moral filth and the growth of wickedness, and welcome the word planted deep inside you—the very word that is able to save you.


James 1:21

Contemporary English Version

21 You must stop doing anything immoral or evil. Instead be humble and accept the message planted in you to save you.


James 1:21

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

21 Wherefore casting away all uncleanness, and abundance of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted word, which is able to save your souls.


James 1:21

Easy-to-Read Version

21 So get rid of everything evil in your lives—every kind of wrong you do. Be humble and accept God’s teaching that is planted in your hearts. This teaching can save you.


James 1:21

Evangelical Heritage Version

21 So after getting rid of all moral filthiness and overflowing wickedness, receive with humility the word planted in you. It is able to save your souls.


James 1:21

1599 Geneva Bible

21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness, and superfluity of maliciousness, and receive with [a]meekness the word that is grafted in you, which is able to save your souls.


James 1:21

GOD’S WORD Translation

21 So get rid of all immoral behavior and all the wicked things you do. Humbly accept the word that God has placed in you. This word can save you.


James 1:21

J.B. Phillips New Testament

21 Have done, then, with impurity and every other evil which touches the lives of others, and humbly accept the message that God has sown in your hearts, and which can save your souls.


James 1:21

Jubilee Bible 2000

21 So then, leave all uncleanness and remains of malice and receive with meekness the word ingested within you, which is able to cause your souls to be saved.


James 1:21

Lexham English Bible

21 Therefore, putting aside all moral uncleanness and wicked excess, welcome[a] with humility the implanted message which is able to save your souls.


James 1:21

Living Bible

21 So get rid of all that is wrong in your life, both inside and outside, and humbly be glad for the wonderful message we have received, for it is able to save our souls as it takes hold of our hearts.


James 1:21

The Message

21 In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life.


James 1:21

New American Bible (Revised Edition)

21 Therefore, put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls.


James 1:21

New Catholic Bible

21 Therefore, rid yourselves of everything sordid and of every wicked excess, and welcome in all humility the word that is implanted in you and is able to save your souls.


James 1:21

New English Translation

21 So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly[a] welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.


James 1:21

New International Reader's Version

21 So get rid of everything that is sinful. Get rid of the evil that is all around us. Don’t be too proud to accept the word that is planted in you. It can save you.


James 1:21

New Life Version

21 Put out of your life all that is unclean and wrong. Receive with a gentle spirit the Word that was taught. It has the power to save your souls from the punishment of sin.


James 1:21

New Living Translation

21 So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.


James 1:21

New Testament for Everyone

21 So put away everything that is sordid, all that overflowing malice, and humbly receive the word which has been planted within you and which has the power to rescue your lives.


Yaakov 1:21

Orthodox Jewish Bible

21 Therefore, having put away all filthiness and what remains of resha (wickedness) in shiflut (lowliness) and meekness receive the implanted Dvar Hashem which is able to save your nefashot.[Rev 3:20]


James 1:21

Revised Geneva Translation

21 Therefore, put aside all filthiness and abundance of wickedness. In humility, receive the word implanted in you which is able to save your souls.


James 1:21

The Voice

21 So walk out on your corrupt liaison with smut and depraved living, and humbly welcome the word of truth that will blossom like the seed of salvation planted in your souls.


James 1:21

Worldwide English (New Testament)

21 So stop all your dirty living. Stop doing so many wrong things. Listen quietly to the word that has been put in your hearts. It is able to save you.


James 1:21

Wycliffe Bible

21 For which thing cast ye away all uncleanness, and plenty of malice, and in mildness receive ye the word that is planted[a], that may save your souls.


In SUMMARY, the "engrafted word" means:

the word [of God] which is implanted [actually rooted in your heart]

implanted word

the word planted deep inside you

the message planted in you

ingrafted word

God’s teaching that is planted in your hearts

the word planted in you

the word that is grafted in you

the word that God has placed in you

the message that God has sown in your hearts

the word ingested within you

implanted message

the wonderful message we have received

let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word

the word that has been planted in you

the word that is implanted in you

the message implanted within you

the word that is planted in you

the Word that was taught

the word God has planted in your hearts

the word which has been planted within you

the implanted Dvar Hashem

the word implanted in you

the word of truth that will blossom like the seed of salvation planted in your souls

the word that has been put in your hearts

the word that is planted


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