| NETBible | Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. 1 For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, 2 which have never benefited those who participated in them. |
| NIV © |
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by ceremonial foods, which are of no value to those who eat them. |
| NASB © |
Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited. |
| NLT © |
So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Your spiritual strength comes from God’s special favor, not from ceremonial rules about food, which don’t help those who follow them. |
| MSG © |
Don't be lured away from him by the latest speculations about him. The grace of Christ is the only good ground for life. Products named after Christ don't seem to do much for those who buy them. |
| BBE © |
Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them. |
| NRSV © |
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings; for it is well for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by regulations about food, which have not benefited those who observe them. |
| NKJV © |
Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them. |
| KJV | Be <4064> (0) not <3361> carried about <4064> (5744) with divers <4164> and <2532> strange <3581> doctrines <1322>_. For <1063> [it is] a good thing <2570> that the heart <2588> be established <950> (5745) with grace <5485>_; not <3756> with meats <1033>_, which have <5623> (0) not <3756> profited <5623> (5681) them that have been occupied <4043> (5660) therein <1722> <3739>_. |
| NASB © |
Do not be carried <3911> away <3911> by varied <4164> and strange <3581> teachings <1322> ; for it is good <2570> for the heart <2588> to be strengthened <950> by grace <5485> , not by foods <1033> , through <1722> which <3739> those <3588> who were so <4043> occupied <4043> were not benefited .<5623> |
| NET [draft] ITL | Do <3911> not <3361> be carried away <3911> by all sorts <4164> of strange <3581> teachings <1322> . For <1063> it is good <2570> for the heart <2588> to be strengthened <950> by grace <5485> , not <3756> ritual meals <1033> , which <3739> have <5623> never <3756> benefited <5623> those who participated in them.<4043> |
| GREEK | didacaiv <1322> N-DPF poikilaiv <4164> A-DPF kai <2532> CONJ xenaiv <3581> A-DPF mh <3361> PRT-N paraferesye <3911> (5744) V-PPM-2P kalon <2570> A-NSN gar <1063> CONJ cariti <5485> N-DSF bebaiousyai <950> (5745) V-PPN thn <3588> T-ASF kardian <2588> N-ASF ou <3756> PRT-N brwmasin <1033> N-DPN en <1722> PREP oiv <3739> R-DPN ouk <3756> PRT-N wfelhyhsan <5623> (5681) V-API-3P oi <3588> T-NPM peripatountev <4043> (5723) V-PAP-NPM |
| NETBible | Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. 1 For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, 2 which have never benefited those who participated in them. |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Grk “by diverse and strange teachings.” 2 tn Grk “foods,” referring to the meals associated with the OT sacrifices (see the contrast with the next verse; also 9:9-10; 10:1, 4, 11). |