Lexicon :: Strong's G568 - apechō

“So whenever you give to the poor, don’t sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be applauded by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

“Whenever you fast, don’t be gloomy like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces so that their fasting is obvious to people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward.

Meanwhile, the boat was already some distance[fn] from land,[fn] battered by the waves, because the wind was against them.

This people[fn] honors me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me.

He answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written:

This people honors me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me.

Then he came a third time and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough! The time has come. See, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

“But woe to you who are rich,

for you have received your comfort.

Jesus went with them, and when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, since I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

So he got up and went to his father. But while the son was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him.

Now that same day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, which was about seven miles[fn] from Jerusalem.

“but instead we should write to them to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from blood.

“that you abstain from food offered to idols, from blood, from eating anything that has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. You will do well if you keep yourselves from these things.

Farewell.”

But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied,[fn] having received from Epaphroditus what you provided ​— ​a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you keep away from sexual immorality,

Stay away from every kind of evil.

They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.

For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a brief time, so that you might get him back permanently,

Dear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul.