Titus 1:14

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not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and human commandments that turn away from the truth.

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  • Col 2:22 : 22 which all perish as they are used—based on human commands and teachings.
  • 2 Tim 4:4 : 4 They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.
  • Heb 12:25 : 25 See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
  • 2 Pet 2:22 : 22 Of them the true proverb has come true: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and, "A sow that is washed returns to wallowing in the mud."
  • 1 Tim 1:4-7 : 4 nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship of God that is by faith. 5 The goal of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith. 6 Some have departed from these and turned aside to meaningless talk. 7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or what they so confidently affirm.
  • Isa 29:13 : 13 The Lord says: 'These people come near to me with their mouths and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their reverence for me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.'
  • Matt 15:9 : 9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’
  • Mark 7:7 : 7 They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.
  • Gal 4:9 : 9 But now, having come to know God—or rather, having been known by God—how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles, whose slaves you want to be once more?

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  • 1 Tim 1:3-7
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    3 Just as I urged you to remain in Ephesus when I went to Macedonia, so that you might command certain people not to teach false doctrines,

    4 nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship of God that is by faith.

    5 The goal of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith.

    6 Some have departed from these and turned aside to meaningless talk.

    7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or what they so confidently affirm.

  • Titus 1:13
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    13 This testimony is true. Therefore, rebuke them sharply so that they may be sound in the faith,

  • 2 Tim 4:4
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    4 They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.

  • Titus 1:15-16
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    15 To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; rather, both their mind and conscience are defiled.

    16 They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.

  • 1 Tim 4:6-7
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    6 If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and the good teaching that you have followed.

    7 Reject worldly and silly myths, and instead, train yourself in godliness.

  • Heb 13:9
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    9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by God’s grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which have not benefited those who have followed them.

  • 2 Tim 2:14-16
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    14 Keep reminding them of these things, and solemnly warn them before God not to quarrel about words. Such arguments are useless and lead to the ruin of those who listen.

    15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

    16 Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.

  • 1 Tim 6:20
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    20 O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding irreverent and empty speech and contradictions from what is falsely called knowledge.

  • Titus 3:9-10
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    9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, quarrels, and disputes about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.

    10 Warn a person who causes divisions once or twice, and then have nothing more to do with him.

  • Titus 1:9-10
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    9 He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who oppose it.

    10 For there are many who are rebellious, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party.

  • 1 Tim 6:5
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    5 These lead to constant friction among people who are corrupted in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means to profit. Stay away from such people.

  • 1 Tim 4:3
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    3 They will forbid marriage and require abstinence from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

  • 2 Tim 3:5
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    5 They will have a form of godliness but deny its power. Stay away from such people.

  • Eph 4:14
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    14 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.

  • Col 2:21-22
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    21 "Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle"—

    22 which all perish as they are used—based on human commands and teachings.

  • Titus 2:10
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    10 They must not pilfer but must demonstrate complete faithfulness, so that they may make the teaching of God our Savior attractive in every way.

  • Mark 7:7-8
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    7 They worship Me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.

    8 You have abandoned the commandment of God and hold onto human traditions, including the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other similar things."

  • 2 Pet 1:16
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    16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

  • Gal 1:6-7
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    6 I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from the One who called you by the grace of Christ to a different gospel—

    7 not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are troubling you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.

  • 2 Tim 3:7-8
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    7 Always learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

    8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth. They are corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.

  • Gal 2:14
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    14 But when I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, 'If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?'

  • 2 Cor 4:2
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    2 Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not act deceitfully or distort the word of God, but by revealing the truth, we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

  • Jude 1:4
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    4 For certain people have secretly slipped in among you—those who were written about long ago as being destined for this condemnation. They are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into a license for immorality and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

  • Col 2:8
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    8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, based on human tradition and the elemental principles of the world rather than on Christ.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14 As obedient children, do not conform to the desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

  • Acts 15:19
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    19 Therefore, my judgment is that we should not trouble those of the Gentiles who are turning to God.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4 They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.

  • 1 Tim 6:3
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    3 If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness,

  • Gal 5:7
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    7 You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

  • Eph 4:17
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    17 Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds.

  • Acts 15:24
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    24 Since we have heard that some have gone out from us and troubled you with teachings, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no such instructions,

  • 1 Thess 1:9
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    9 For they themselves tell about how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.

  • Jude 1:17
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    17 But you, beloved, remember the words that were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Rom 16:17
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    17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.

  • 1 Tim 1:19
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    19 holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have shipwrecked their faith.

  • 2 John 1:8
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    8 Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.