2 Timothy 2:16

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But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness,

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  • Titus 3:9 : 9 But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the law, because they are useless and empty.
  • 1 Tim 6:20 : 20 Conclusion O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called“knowledge.”
  • Ezra 10:10 : 10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them,“You have behaved in an unfaithful manner by taking foreign wives! This has contributed to the guilt of Israel.
  • Hos 12:1 : 1 Ephraim continually feeds on the wind; he chases the east wind all day; he multiplies lies and violence. They make treaties with Assyria, and send olive oil as tribute to Egypt.
  • 2 Thess 2:7-8 : 7 For the hidden power of lawlessness is already at work. However, the one who holds him back will do so until he is taken out of the way, 8 and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival.
  • 1 Tim 4:7 : 7 But reject those myths fit only for the godless and gullible, and train yourself for godliness.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through it many become defiled.
  • 2 Pet 2:2 : 2 And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 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.
  • Rev 13:3 : 3 One of the beast’s heads appeared to have been killed, but the lethal wound had been healed. And the whole world followed the beast in amazement;
  • Rev 13:14 : 14 and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.
  • 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough?
  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Do not be deceived:“Bad company corrupts good morals.”
  • 2 Tim 2:14 : 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.
  • 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.
  • Titus 1:14 : 14 and not pay attention to Jewish myths and commands of people who reject the truth.

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  • 1 Tim 6:20-21
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    20Conclusion O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called“knowledge.”

    21By professing it, some have strayed from the faith. Grace be with you all.

  • 2 Tim 2:17
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    17and their message will spread its infection like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group.

  • 1 Tim 1:6
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    6Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion.

  • 2 Tim 2:14-15
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    14Dealing 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.

    15Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately.

  • Titus 3:9
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    9But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the law, because they are useless and empty.

  • 1 Tim 4:7
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    7But reject those myths fit only for the godless and gullible, and train yourself for godliness.

  • 1 Tim 6:3-5
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    3If 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,

    4he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions,

    5and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

  • 2 Pet 2:2-3
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    2And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.

    3And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.

  • 2 Pet 2:18
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    18For 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
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    4nor to occupy themselves with myths and interminable genealogies. Such things promote useless speculations rather than God’s redemptive plan that operates by faith.

  • 2 Tim 2:23
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    23But reject foolish and ignorant controversies, because you know they breed infighting.

  • 1 Tim 4:15
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    15Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that everyone will see your progress.

  • 2 Tim 3:5-7
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    5They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.

    6For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.

    7Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.

  • Eph 5:6
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    6Live in the Light Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.

  • Titus 1:10-11
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    10For there are many rebellious people, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those with Jewish connections,

    11who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.

  • Titus 1:14-16
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    14and not pay attention to Jewish myths and commands of people who reject the truth.

    15All 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.

    16They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

  • 2 Tim 3:9
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    9But they will not go much further, for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres.

  • Jude 1:10-11
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    10But 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.

    11Woe 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.

  • Jude 1:18-19
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    18For they said to you,“In the end time there will come scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.”

    19These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

  • 2 Tim 4:4
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    4And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.

  • 2 Pet 2:12
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    12But these men, like irrational animals– creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed– do not understand whom they are insulting, and consequently in their destruction they will be destroyed,

  • 1 Pet 2:1-2
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    1So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

    2And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

  • Titus 2:8
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    8and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.

  • Col 2:23
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    23Even though they have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed worship and humility achieved by an unsparing treatment of the body– a wisdom with no true value– they in reality result in fleshly indulgence.

  • 2 Pet 2:10
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    10especially those who indulge their fleshly desires and who despise authority. Brazen and insolent, they are not afraid to insult the glorious ones,

  • Col 2:4
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    4I say this so that no one will deceive you through arguments that sound reasonable.

  • Rom 16:17-18
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    17Now 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!

    18For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.

  • 1 Tim 6:11
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    11But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.

  • 2 Tim 3:13-14
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    13But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.

    14You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you

  • Jude 1:16
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    16These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.

  • 2 Tim 2:21
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    21So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

  • 2 Pet 2:14-15
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    14Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!

    15By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

  • 2 Pet 3:16
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    16speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures.