Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Messageand said, "Truly I tell you: unless you are turned and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.Gand said, "Amen, I tell you: unless you turn and become like small children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of the skies.
KJV
King James VersionAnd said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
BSB
Berean Standard Bible“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Footnotes
Straphēte (στραφῆτε): The aorist passive of strephō can be read as a middle voice ("turn yourselves"—a decisive volitional act) or as a genuine passive ("be turned"—a transformation ultimately wrought by God). The F.O.G uses the active "turn" to capture the sharp, urgent choice the disciples must make. The F.O.G Message's "are turned" opens the passive reading, echoing the prophetic language of divinely-initiated conversion (cf. Jer 31:18), where human repentance and divine enabling are inseparable.
