1 Corinthians 2:15
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15 Those who are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one else’s scrutiny.
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1 Thessalonians 5:21
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21 but test everything; hold fast to what is good;(A)
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Proverbs 28:5
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5 The evil do not understand justice,
but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.(A)
Hebrews 5:14
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14 But solid food is for the mature, for those whose faculties have been trained by practice to distinguish good from evil.(A)
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1 John 4:1
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Testing the Spirits
4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.(A)
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1 Corinthians 14:37
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37 Anyone who claims to be a prophet or spiritual must acknowledge that what I am writing to you is a command[a] of the Lord.(A)
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- 14.37 Other ancient authorities lack a command
Galatians 6:1
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Bear One Another’s Burdens
6 My brothers and sisters, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted.
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Philippians 1:10
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10 to help you to determine what really matters, so that in the day of Christ you may be pure and blameless,
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Ephesians 4:13-14
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13 until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity,[a] to the measure of the full stature of Christ.(A) 14 We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming;(B)
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- 4.13 Gk to a mature man
1 Corinthians 3:1
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On Divisions in the Corinthian Church
3 And so, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people but rather as fleshly, as infants in Christ.(A)
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Colossians 1:9
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9 For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s[a] will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,(A)
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Galatians 2:3-5
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3 But even Titus, who was with me, was not compelled to be circumcised, though he was a Greek.(A) 4 But because of false brothers and sisters secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might enslave us(B)— 5 we did not submit to them even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might always remain with you.(C)
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1 Corinthians 4:5
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5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive commendation from God.(A)
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Acts 16:3
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3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and had him circumcised because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.(A)
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Acts 15:1-5
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The Council at Jerusalem
15 Then certain individuals came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”(A) 2 And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to discuss this question with the apostles and the elders.(B) 3 So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they reported the conversion of the gentiles and brought great joy to all the brothers and sisters.(C) 4 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them.(D) 5 But some believers who belonged to the sect of the Pharisees stood up and said, “It is necessary for them to be circumcised and ordered to keep the law of Moses.”
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John 7:17
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17 Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 8:5
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5 Whoever obeys a command will meet no harm, and the wise mind will know the time and way.
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Psalm 25:14
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14 The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him,
and he makes his covenant known to them.(A)
1 Kings 3:9-11
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9 Give your servant, therefore, an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil, for who can govern this great people of yours?”(A)
10 It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. 11 God said to him, “Because you have asked this and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or for the life of your enemies but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right,(B)
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2 Samuel 14:17
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17 Your servant thought, ‘The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,’ for my lord the king is like the angel of God, discerning good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!”(A)
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2 Samuel 12:16-23
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16 David therefore pleaded with God for the child; David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.(A) 17 The elders of his house stood beside him urging him to rise from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them. 18 On the seventh day the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “While the child was still alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to us; how then can we tell him the child is dead? He may do himself some harm.” 19 But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, he perceived that the child was dead, and David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” They said, “He is dead.”
20 Then David rose from the ground, washed, anointed himself, and changed his clothes. He went into the house of the Lord and worshiped; he then went to his own house, and when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.(B) 21 Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while it was alive, but when the child died, you rose and ate food.” 22 He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me, and the child may live.’(C) 23 But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”(D)
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