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Rules for Godly Living

If anyone teaches false doctrine and refuses to agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,[a] and godly teaching, he is a conceited person and does not understand anything. He has an unhealthy craving for arguments and debates. This produces jealousy, rivalry, slander, evil suspicions, and incessant conflict between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of truth. They think that godliness is a way to make a profit.[b]

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  1. 1 Timothy 6:3 Or Christ
  2. 1 Timothy 6:5 Other mss. read make a profit. Stay away from such people.