1 Corinthians 16:22
King James Version
22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ,
let him be Anathema Maranatha.
That verse called to me today.
But I had to make sure.
What did "Anathema Maranatha" mean?
I turned to SPIRIT and SCRIPTURE, that I may understand.
Here are the Bible versions:
1 Corinthians 16:22
Amplified Bible
22 If anyone does not love the Lord [does not obey and respect and believe in Jesus Christ and His message], he is to be accursed. Maranatha (O our Lord, come)!
1 Corinthians 16:22
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
22 If anyone does not love the Lord [does not have a friendly affection for Him and is not kindly disposed toward Him], he shall be accursed! Our Lord will come! (Maranatha!)
1 Corinthians 16:22
Christian Standard Bible
22 If anyone does not love the Lord, a curse be on him. Our Lord, come![
1 Corinthians 16:22
Common English Bible
22 A curse on anyone who doesn’t love the Lord. Come, Lord
1 Corinthians 16:22
Complete Jewish Bible
22 If anyone does not love the Lord, a curse on him! Marana, ta!
[Our Lord, come!]
1 Corinthians 16:22
Contemporary English Version
22 I pray that God will put a curse on everyone who doesn't love the Lord. And may the Lord come soon.
1 Corinthians 16:22
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
22 if anyone does not love the Lord, let him be accursed. Marana tha.
1 Corinthians 16:22
Easy-to-Read Version
22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be separated from God—lost forever!
Come, O Lord!
1 Corinthians 16:22
Evangelical Heritage Version
22 If anyone does not love the Lord—let him be under a curse![a] Marana tha!
1 Corinthians 16:22
English Standard Version
22 If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come!
1 Corinthians 16:22
Expanded Bible
22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be ·separated from God—lost forever [L anathema]!
Come, O Lord [L Maranatha; C Aramaic phrase meaning either “Our Lord, Come!” or “Our Lord has come”]!
1 Corinthians 16:22
1599 Geneva Bible
22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be had in execration [a]maran-atha.
1 Corinthians 16:22
Good News Translation
22 Whoever does not love the Lord—a curse on him!
Marana tha—Our Lord, come!
Corinthians 16:22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
22 If anyone does not love the Lord, a curse be on him. Marana tha that is, Lord, come!
1 Corinthians 16:22
International Children’s Bible
22 If anyone does not love the Lord, then let him be separated from God—lost forever!
Come, O Lord!
1 Corinthians 16:22
J.B. Phillips New Testament
21-22 Here is my own greeting, written by me, Paul. If any man does not love the Lord, let him be accursed; may the Lord soon come!
1 Corinthians 16:22
Living Bible
22 if anyone does not love the Lord, that person is cursed. Lord Jesus, come!
1 Corinthians 16:22
The Message
22 If anyone won’t love the Master, throw him out. Make room for the Master!
1 Corinthians 16:22
Modern English Version
22 If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come, O Lord!
1 Corinthians 16:22
New Catholic Bible
22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be accursed.[a] O Lord, come!
1 Corinthians 16:22
New International Reader's Version
22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let a curse be on that person! Come, Lord!
1 Corinthians 16:22
New International Version
22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Come, Lord
1 Corinthians 16:22
New Life Version
22 If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be kept from being with Christ. The Lord is coming soon!
1 Corinthians 16:22
New Living Translation
22 If anyone does not love the Lord, that person is cursed. Our Lord, come!
1 Corinthians 16:22
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
22 Let anyone be accursed who has no love for the Lord. Our Lord, come!
1 Corinthians 16:22
New Testament for Everyone
22 If anyone doesn’t love the Lord, let them be accursed! Come, Lord, come!
Kehillah in Corinth I 16:22
Orthodox Jewish Bible
22 If anyone does not have ahavah (love) for HaAdon, Alav ki Cherem hu ("a curse of the ban of destruction is on him") [12:3]. Marana (our L-rd), tha (come).
1 Corinthians 16:22
Worldwide English (New Testament)
22 Anyone who does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, should be cut off from God. Come soon, Lord!
1 Corinthians 16:22
Wycliffe Bible
22 If any man loveth not our Lord Jesus Christ, be he cursed, Maranatha. [If any man love not our Lord Jesus Christ, be he cursed, Maranatha, that is, in the coming of the Lord.]
In SUMMARY, "Anathema" and "Maranatha" mean:
he is to be accursed
O our Lord, come
he shall be accursed
Our Lord will come!
a curse be on him
Our Lord, come!
A curse
Come, Lord
a curse on him
Our Lord, come!
a curse
may the Lord come soon
let him be accursed
Marana tha
let that person be separated from God—lost forever
Come, O Lord!
let him be under a curs
Marana tha!
let him be accurse
Our Lord, come!
let him be ·separated from God—lost forever [L anathema]
Come, O Lord [L Maranatha; C Aramaic phrase meaning either “Our Lord, Come!” or “Our Lord has come”]!
let him be had in execration*
maran-atha
a curse on him
Marana tha—Our Lord, come!
a curse be on him
Marana tha that is, Lord, come!
let him be separated from God—lost forever
Come, O Lord!
let him be accursed
may the Lord soon come!
that person is cursed
Lord Jesus, come!
throw him out
Make room for the Master!
let him be accursed
Come, O Lord!
let him be accursed
O Lord, come!
et a curse be on that person
Come, Lord!
let that person be cursed
Come, Lord
let him be kept from being with Christ
The Lord is coming soon!
that person is cursed
Our Lord, come!
be accursed
Our Lord, come!
let them be accursed
Come, Lord, come!
Alav ki Cherem hu ("a curse of the ban of destruction is on him")
Marana (our L-rd), tha (come)
should be cut off from God
Come soon, Lord!
be he cursed
in the coming of the Lord
*MARANATHA also shown as:
Marana, ta!
Marana tha!
maran-atha
**execration meaning here
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