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But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtility, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. |
But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity that is in Christ. |
But I am afraid, lest as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. |
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But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. |
But [now] I am fearful, lest that even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, so your minds may be corrupted and seduced from whole-hearted and sincere and pure devotion to Christ. |
But I fear, lest by any means, as the snake deceived Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from your simplicity [single-hearted loyalty] and purity [uprightness of life] which you express towards Christ. |
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I am afraid that your minds may be seduced from a single-hearted devotion to Him by the same subtle means that the serpent used towards Eve. |
But I am apprehensive that, somehow or other, as the serpent by his cunning deceived Eve, your thoughts may be turned aside from single-hearted devotion to Christ. |
But 1161 I fear, 5399 lest by any means, 3381 as 5613 the 3588 serpent 3789 beguiled 1818 Eve 2096 through 1722 his 848 subtilty, 3834 so 3779 your 5216 minds 3540 should be corrupted 5351 from 575 the 3588 simplicity 572 that 3588 is in 1519 Christ. 5547 |
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