1 Timothy 1:6
Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion.
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- Titus 1:10 : 10 For there are many rebellious people, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those with Jewish connections,
- Titus 3:9 : 9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the law, because they are useless and empty.
- 1 Tim 6:4-5 : 4 he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions, 5 and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.
- 1 Tim 6:20-21 : 20 Conclusion O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called“knowledge.” 21 By professing it, some have strayed from the faith. Grace be with you all.
- 2 Tim 2:23-24 : 23 But reject foolish and ignorant controversies, because you know they breed infighting. 24 And the Lord’s slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient,
- 1 Tim 5:15 : 15 For some have already wandered away to follow Satan.
- 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas deserted me, since he loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.
- 2 Tim 2:18 : 18 They have strayed from the truth by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.
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7 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently.
- 2 Tim 2:16-183 verses77%
16 But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness,
17 and their message will spread its infection like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group.
18 They have strayed from the truth by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.
- Titus 1:13-153 verses76%
13 Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith
14 and not pay attention to Jewish myths and commands of people who reject the truth.
15 All is pure to those who are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted.
- Titus 1:10-112 verses76%
10 For there are many rebellious people, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those with Jewish connections,
11 who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.
- 1 Tim 6:3-53 verses76%
3 If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words(that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness,
4 he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions,
5 and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.
- 1 Tim 6:20-212 verses75%
20 Conclusion O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called“knowledge.”
21 By professing it, some have strayed from the faith. Grace be with you all.
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18 For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error.
- 1 Tim 1:4-52 verses74%
4 nor to occupy themselves with myths and interminable genealogies. Such things promote useless speculations rather than God’s redemptive plan that operates by faith.
5 But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.
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19 To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.
- 2 Tim 3:5-73 verses73%
5 They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.
6 For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.
7 Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
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14 Dealing with False Teachers Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.
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12 and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge.
- Gal 1:6-72 verses72%
6 Occasion of the Letter I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel–
7 not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.
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9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the law, because they are useless and empty.
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4 And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.
- Jude 1:10-112 verses72%
10 But these men do not understand the things they slander, and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals, they instinctively comprehend.
11 Woe to them! For they have traveled down Cain’s path, and because of greed have abandoned themselves to Balaam’s error; hence, they will certainly perish in Korah’s rebellion.
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21 You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty.
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2 And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.
- Jude 1:16-194 verses71%
16 These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.
17 Exhortation to the Faithful But you, dear friends– recall the predictions foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
18 For they said to you,“In the end time there will come scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.”
19 These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.
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4 For certain men have secretly slipped in among you– men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe– ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
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4 So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.
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6 and those who turn their backs on the LORD and do not want the LORD’s help or guidance.”
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15 Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill.
16 The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel.
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1 Timothy’s Ministry in the Later Times Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings,
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6 Live in the Light Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.
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15 By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,
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26 If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.
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17 Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!
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1 So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
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21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them.
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26 These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
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22 And have mercy on those who waver;
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17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth.