Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near {me} with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

But in vain they do worship me, teaching {for} doctrines the commandments of men.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain.

Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen {do}: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

And turn ye not aside: for {then should ye go} after vain {things}, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they {are} vain.

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Ye have said, It {is} vain to serve God: and what profit {is it} that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? {ordinance: Heb. observation} {mournfully: Heb. in black}

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

And if Christ be not risen, then {is} our preaching vain, and your faith {is} also vain.

Then Peter and the {other} apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

But in vain they do worship me, teaching {for} doctrines the commandments of men.

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, {it is} because {there is} no light in them. {no...: Heb. no morning}

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion {is} vain.

Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

No man also having drunk old {wine} straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.

Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash {their} hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. {oft: or, diligently: in the original, with the fist: Theophylact, up to the elbow}