14 (A)not devoting themselves to Jewish myths and (B)the commands of people (C)who turn away from the truth.

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14 and will pay no attention to Jewish myths(A) or to the merely human commands(B) of those who reject the truth.(C)

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and (A)will turn away from listening to the truth and (B)wander off into myths.

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They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.(A)

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22 ((A)referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to (B)human precepts and teachings?

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22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish(A) with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.(B)

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22 What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The (A)dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

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22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”[a](A) and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”

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  1. 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11

But now that you have come to know God, or rather (A)to be known by God, (B)how can you turn back again to (C)the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?

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But now that you know God—or rather are known by God(A)—how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces[a]? Do you wish to be enslaved(B) by them all over again?(C)

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  1. Galatians 4:9 Or principles

in vain do they worship me,
    teaching as (A)doctrines the commandments of men.’”

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They worship me in vain;
    their teachings are merely human rules.(A)[a](B)

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  1. Matthew 15:9 Isaiah 29:13

13 And the Lord said:
“Because (A)this people (B)draw near with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,
    while their hearts are far from me,
and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

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13 The Lord says:

“These people(A) come near to me with their mouth
    and honor me with their lips,(B)
    but their hearts are far from me.(C)
Their worship of me
    is based on merely human rules they have been taught.[a](D)

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  1. Isaiah 29:13 Hebrew; Septuagint They worship me in vain; / their teachings are merely human rules

nor (A)to devote themselves to myths and endless (B)genealogies, which promote (C)speculations rather than the stewardship[a] from God that is by faith. The aim of our charge is love (D)that issues from a pure heart and (E)a good conscience and (F)a sincere faith. Certain persons, by (G)swerving from these, have wandered away into (H)vain discussion, desiring to be teachers of the law, (I)without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.

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  1. 1 Timothy 1:4 Or good order

or to devote themselves to myths(A) and endless genealogies.(B) Such things promote controversial speculations(C) rather than advancing God’s work—which is by faith. The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart(D) and a good conscience(E) and a sincere faith.(F) Some have departed from these and have turned to meaningless talk. They want to be teachers(G) of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm.(H)

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in vain do they worship me,
    teaching as (A)doctrines the commandments of men.’

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They worship me in vain;
    their teachings are merely human rules.’[a](A)

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  1. Mark 7:7 Isaiah 29:13

25 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For (A)if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.

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25 See to it that you do not refuse(A) him who speaks.(B) If they did not escape when they refused him who warned(C) them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?(D)

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