Chapter 8 — Caution against false doctrines.
2Be not deceived with strange doctrines, nor with old fables, which are unprofitable.
3For if we still live according to the Jewish law, we acknowledge that we have not received grace.
4For the divinest prophets lived according to Christ Jesus.
5On this account also they were persecuted, being inspired by His grace to fully convince the unbelieving that there is one God, who has manifested Himself by Jesus Christ His Son, who is His eternal Word, not proceeding forth from silence, and who in all things pleased Him that sent Him.
6Be not deceived with strange doctrines, "nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies," and things in which the Jews make their boast.
7"Old things are passed away: behold, all things have become new".
8For if we still live according to the Jewish law, and the circumcision of the flesh, we deny that we have received grace.
9For the divinest prophets lived according to Jesus Christ.
10On this account also they were persecuted, being inspired by grace to fully convince the unbelieving that there is one God, the Almighty, who has manifested Himself by Jesus Christ His Son, who is His Word, not spoken, but essential.
11For He is not the voice of an articulate utterance, but a substance begotten by divine power, who has in all things pleased Him that sent Him.