1 Corinthians 11:19
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19 For (A)there must also be factions among you, (B)that those who are approved may be [a]recognized among you.
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- 1 Corinthians 11:19 Lit. manifest, evident
1 John 2:19
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19 (A)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (B)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out (C)that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.
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Titus 3:10
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10 (A)Reject a divisive man after the first and second [a]admonition,
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- Titus 3:10 warning
Acts 20:30
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30 Also (A)from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking [a]perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.
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- Acts 20:30 misleading
Deuteronomy 13:3
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3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God (A)is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Matthew 18:7
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7 Woe to the world because of [a]offenses! For (A)offenses must come, but (B)woe to that man by whom the offense comes!
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- Matthew 18:7 enticements to sin
2 Peter 2:1-2
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Destructive Doctrines
2 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be (A)false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
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1 Timothy 4:1-2
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The Great Apostasy
4 Now the Spirit [a]expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed (A)to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 (B)speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience (C)seared with a hot iron,
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- 1 Timothy 4:1 explicitly
Galatians 5:20
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20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
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2 Corinthians 13:5-7
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5 Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, (A)that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you [a]are (B)disqualified. 6 But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.
Paul Prefers Gentleness
7 Now [b]I pray to God that you do no evil, not that we should appear approved, but that you should do what is honorable, though (C)we may seem disqualified.
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- 2 Corinthians 13:5 do not stand the test
- 2 Corinthians 13:7 NU we
Acts 28:22
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22 But we desire to hear from you what you think; for concerning this sect, we know that (A)it is spoken against everywhere.”
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Acts 26:5
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5 They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to (A)the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
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Acts 24:14
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14 But this I confess to you, that according to (A)the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the (B)God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in (C)the Law and in the Prophets.
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Acts 24:5
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5 (A)For we have found this man a plague, a creator of dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
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Acts 15:5
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5 But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”
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Acts 5:17
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Imprisoned Apostles Freed
17 (A)Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with [a]indignation,
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- Acts 5:17 jealousy
Luke 2:35
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35 (yes, (A)a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”
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