Doctrines: False

So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”

But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.

Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.

For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ. …

For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,

First of all, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.

For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.

I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it very easily.

I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— …

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you with speculation about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up without basis by his unspiritual mind. …

As I urged you on my departure to Macedonia, you should stay on at Ephesus to instruct certain men not to teach false doctrines

…or devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculation rather than the stewardship of God’s work, which is by faith.

Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk.

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.

…holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.

Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, …

But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.

If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, …

O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”

…which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith. Grace be with you all.

Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.

But avoid irreverent, empty chatter, which will only lead to more ungodliness, …

They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions, …

…while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.

For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

…who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

…and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,

…knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. …

…and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. …

For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. …