for one who goes astray ¹  is an abomination ²  to the Lord, but he reveals ³  his intimate counsel ⁴  to the upright.

But why should you be captivated, ¹  my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman? ² 

“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” she says ¹  to those ²  who lack understanding. ³ 

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here,” she says to those who lack understanding. ¹ 

Those who stray morally will gain understanding; ¹  those who complain will acquire insight. ² 

With many other words he testified ¹  and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse ²  generation!”

Make room for us in your hearts; ¹  we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, ²  we have exploited no one. ³ 

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, ¹  and I do not burn with indignation?

By professing it, some have strayed from the faith. ¹  Grace be with you all. ² 

If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, ¹  we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

A thoroughfare will be there – it will be called the Way of Holiness. ¹  The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it ²  – fools ³  will not stray into it.

And the priest must make atonement for the person who sins unintentionally – when he sins unintentionally before the Lord – to make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.

Furthermore, he must not marry many ¹  wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

However, if you ¹  turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods,

The Lord said to me, ¹  “Tell them, ‘The Lord says, Do people not get back up when they fall down? Do they not turn around when they go the wrong way? ² 

This is what you must do on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins inadvertently or through ignorance; so you will make atonement for the temple.

to assume the task ¹  of this service ²  and apostleship from which Judas turned aside ³  to go to his own place.” ⁴ 

so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.

They have strayed from the truth ¹  by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.

For some of these insinuate themselves ¹  into households and captivate weak women ²  who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.