Therefore do not become partners with them;
Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;
Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
If you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you keep company with adulterers.
And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.”
My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason; like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder; throw in your lot among us; we will all have one purse”—
This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.”
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