But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.

because you still live as the people of this world live. When there is jealousy among you and you quarrel with one another, doesn't this prove that you belong to this world, living by its standards?

in worship of idols and witchcraft. People become enemies and they fight; they become jealous, angry, and ambitious. They separate into parties and groups;

The city was called Babylon, because there the LORD mixed up the language of all the people, and from there he scattered them all over the earth.

The uproar spread throughout the whole city. The mob grabbed Gaius and Aristarchus, two Macedonians who were traveling with Paul, and rushed with them to the theater.

because God does not want us to be in disorder but in harmony and peace. As in all the churches of God's people,

We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.