Avoid Divisive Persons

17 Now I urge you, brethren, note those (A)who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and (B)avoid them.

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17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned.(A) Keep away from them.(B)

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19 These are [a]sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.

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  1. Jude 1:19 soulish or worldly

19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.(A)

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Error and Greed

If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to (A)wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, (B)and to the [a]doctrine which accords with godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, [b]useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. [c]From (C)such withdraw yourself.

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  1. 1 Timothy 6:3 teaching
  2. 1 Timothy 6:5 NU, M constant friction
  3. 1 Timothy 6:5 NU omits the rest of v. 5.

If anyone teaches otherwise(A) and does not agree to the sound instruction(B) of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching, they are conceited(C) and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words(D) that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions and constant friction between people of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth(E) and who think that godliness is a means to financial gain.

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Warning Against Idleness

But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, (A)that you withdraw (B)from every brother who walks (C)disorderly and not according to the tradition which [a]he received from us.

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:6 NU, M they

Warning Against Idleness

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,(A) we command you, brothers and sisters, to keep away from(B) every believer who is idle and disruptive(C) and does not live according to the teaching[a] you received from us.(D)

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 3:6 Or tradition

(A)having a form of godliness but (B)denying its power. And (C)from such people turn away!

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having a form of godliness(A) but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.(B)

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Beware lest anyone [a]cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to (A)the tradition of men, according to the (B)basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

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  1. Colossians 2:8 Lit. plunder you or take you captive

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy,(A) which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world(B) rather than on Christ.

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  1. Colossians 2:8 Or the basic principles; also in verse 20

Beware of Antichrist Deceivers

For (A)many deceivers have gone out into the world (B)who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. (C)This is a deceiver and an antichrist. (D)Look to yourselves, (E)that [a]we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward.

(F)Whoever [b]transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and (G)does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him; 11 for he who greets him shares in his evil deeds.

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  1. 2 John 1:8 NU you
  2. 2 John 1:9 NU goes ahead

I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ(A) as coming in the flesh,(B) have gone out into the world.(C) Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.(D) Watch out that you do not lose what we[a] have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.(E) Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ(F) does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.(G) 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them.(H) 11 Anyone who welcomes them shares(I) in their wicked work.

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  1. 2 John 1:8 Some manuscripts you

10 (A)Reject a divisive man after the first and second [a]admonition,

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  1. Titus 3:10 warning

10 Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them.(A)

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And this occurred because of (A)false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our (B)liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, (C)that they might bring us into bondage),

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This matter arose because some false believers(A) had infiltrated our ranks to spy on(B) the freedom(C) we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.

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No Other Doctrine

As I urged you (A)when I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you may [a]charge some (B)that they teach no other doctrine,

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  1. 1 Timothy 1:3 command

Timothy Charged to Oppose False Teachers

As I urged you when I went into Macedonia,(A) stay there in Ephesus(B) so that you may command certain people not to teach false doctrines(C) any longer

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14 And if anyone does not obey our word in this [a]epistle, note that person and (A)do not keep company with him, that he may be ashamed. 15 (B)Yet do not count him as an enemy, (C)but [b]admonish him as a brother.

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14 Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them,(A) in order that they may feel ashamed.(B) 15 Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer.(C)

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(A)which is not another; but there are some (B)who trouble you and want to (C)pervert[a] the gospel of Christ. But even if (D)we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be [b]accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you (E)than what you have received, let him be accursed.

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  1. Galatians 1:7 distort
  2. Galatians 1:8 Gr. anathema

which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion(A) and are trying to pervert(B) the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you,(C) let them be under God’s curse!(D) As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted,(E) let them be under God’s curse!

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Our Citizenship in Heaven

17 Brethren, (A)join in following my example, and note those who so walk, as (B)you have us for a pattern.

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17 Join together in following my example,(A) brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.(B)

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