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ISB ~ John 16 v2

out of the synagogues:i.e., excommunicated from the fellowship of Israel.

service to God:Or “worship to God”. According to rabbinic meditations on the Phinehas episode of Num 25:1-13, to slay apostates from Judaism is to sacrifice unto the Lord.