John 10:5
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5 (A)A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
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1 John 4:5-6
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Colossians 2:6-10
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Alive in Christ
6 (A)Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 (B)rooted and (C)built up in him and (D)established in the faith, just (E)as you were taught, abounding (F)in thanksgiving.
8 See to it that no one takes you captive by (G)philosophy and (H)empty deceit, according to (I)human tradition, according to the (J)elemental spirits[a] of the world, and not according to Christ. 9 For (K)in him the whole fullness of deity dwells (L)bodily, 10 and (M)you have been filled in him, who is (N)the head of all rule and authority.
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- Colossians 2:8 Or elementary principles; also verse 20
Revelation 2:2
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2 (A)“‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but (B)have tested those (C)who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.
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Ephesians 4:11-15
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11 And (A)he gave the (B)apostles, the prophets, the (C)evangelists, the (D)shepherds[a] and teachers,[b] 12 (E)to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for (F)building up (G)the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to (H)the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, (I)to mature manhood,[c] to the measure of the stature of (J)the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, (K)tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in (L)deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, (M)speaking the truth in love, we are to (N)grow up in every way into him who is (O)the head, into Christ,
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- Ephesians 4:11 Or pastors
- Ephesians 4:11 Or the shepherd-teachers
- Ephesians 4:13 Greek to a full-grown man
Mark 4:24
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24 And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: (A)with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.
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Proverbs 19:27
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27 Cease to hear instruction, my son,
(A)and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
1 John 2:21
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21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the truth.
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1 Kings 22:7
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7 But (A)Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not here another prophet of the Lord of whom we may inquire?”
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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 it might become plain that they all are not of us.
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1 Peter 2:1-3
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A Living Stone and a Holy People
2 (A)So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 (B)Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual (C)milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3 if indeed you have (D)tasted that the Lord is good.
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2 Timothy 4:3
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3 (A)For the time is coming when people will not endure (B)sound[a] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,
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- 2 Timothy 4:3 Or healthy
2 Timothy 3:5-7
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5 having the appearance of godliness, but (A)denying its power. (B)Avoid such people. 6 For among them are (C)those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7 always learning and never able to (D)arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
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Luke 8:18
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18 (A)Take care then how you hear, (B)for to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he thinks that he has will be taken away.”
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