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Should We Earnestly Contend for Every Word and the Precise Grammar of Holy Scripture? It is our practice to teach the Holy Scriptures with meticulous and dogmatic attention to each word, its meaning, and its grammatical relationship to the words around it. We do this with our preserved English version, for all the examples to follow are found clearly in this version. We believe our English version to be Scripture as much as the copies and/or translations studied by the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:32,35), the Bereans (Acts 17:11), and Timothy (II Tim 3:15-17). So we believe we should study every word and grammatical construction with great care, for we understand by faith we are reading and studying the very words God intended for us to have. We take this precise approach to Bible study from our Lord’s instruction. Jesus testified that every jot and tittle (the smallest parts of written language) in Scripture were important, would be fulfilled, and should be obeyed (Matt 5:17-19). He also declared His words – all His words – would be fulfilled with absolute certainty (Matt 24:34-35). And He taught that Scripture cannot be broken, while considering a single word (John 10:35). We believe the method of the priests in Ezra’s day is superior to any modern method of teaching the Scriptures (Neh 8:8). They "read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading." We are to read exactly what God has written and give the Scriptural sense of that reading. This method will result in understanding. Distinct reading and giving of the proper sense requires faithfulness to the words and grammar of Scripture. Compromising the sense of Scripture for its mere sound is an evil exchange, for it promotes a false hermeneutic, which will inevitably lead to heresy. We must earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints (Jude 1:3). If we do not contend for Scripture’s words and grammar, why should we contend for its sentences? We might as well write a novel about the Bible like The Cottonpatch Version or The Living Bible. Since God has magnified His Word above all His name (Ps 138:2), we intend to treat it accordingly by magnifying every single word and point of grammar. How can we do less? We reject striving with men about words to no profit, for our brother Paul instructed Timothy to avoid such vain babblings, as they will lead to more ungodliness (II Tim 2:14-18). Instead, we are to study for God’s approval and doctrinal integrity by rightly dividing the Holy Scriptures. Our intent in the paragraphs following is not to develop the doctrinal arguments to anyone’s final satisfaction, but rather to show the great importance placed on individual words in Scripture. Enjoy the following examples and learn to contend for every word of God. We hope that any ministers of Christ reading this might be provoked to stir up their gift and be ready scribes in the Word of God in these perilous times of the last days (II Tim 1:6; Ezra 7:6; II Tim 3:1-17). Should we earnestly contend for every word and the precise grammar of Holy Scripture?
How about a Single Letter? Paul argued from a single letter in Galatians 3:16. He made a doctrinal argument from the difference between SEED and SEEDS. And it was important doctrine to save the Galatians from the Judaizers denying justification by grace and stealing their liberty in Jesus Christ. If the promises were to Abraham and his SEEDS (plural noun intending his various natural descendants), then salvation and spiritual blessings are by race and law rather than grace. But since the promises were made to Abraham and his SEED (singular noun intending Jesus Christ), then salvation and spiritual blessings are by grace rather than race and law. Paul denies God’s promises to the natural descendants of Abraham and gives them instead to Christ. He makes the promises to Abraham spiritual in nature and fulfilled in Jesus Christ, not in Abraham’s natural descendants, the children of Israel. And Abraham also understood the promises this way (Acts7:2-5; Hebrews 11:8-16). In his condemnation of the false teachers, who mixed the law of Moses with grace, Paul argues that the true descendants of Abraham and heirs of the promises are through Jesus Christ rather than racial descent (Gal 3:29). So that faith and baptism become our identifiers with Christ and prove us heirs according to the promises made to Abraham (Gal 3:26-27). The promises to Abraham and his SEED are found in Genesis 12:7; 13:15-16; 15:5,13,18; 17:8-10,19; 21:12; 22:17-18; 24:7. Note carefully that the promises are to Abraham and his SEED. This doctrinal distinction is of great importance, and Paul argues it from a single letter. Do you fully grasp the significance of this inspired example of studying and applying the Scriptures? Let this precise apostolic pattern be the guide and standard for our study and teaching methods. It is damning that many modern versions of the Bible destroy Paul’s doctrinal argument by making the Old Testament promises to Abraham and his DESCENDANTS (plural noun) or OFFSPRING (a collective noun with uncertain number). For an example of the uncertain OFFSPRING, read Genesis 15:5 in the New International Version. For an example of the plural DESCENDANTS, read Genesis 15:5 in the New American Standard Version. Are these translators guilty of gross ignorance or profane wickedness? Can a Bible be Scripture in any sense, if it flatly reads contrary to what Paul demands for the Old Testament reading? But that is another issue, which we will happily deal with in another place. Our question here is, should we earnestly contend for every word and the precise grammar of Holy Scripture?
How about a Single Word? Jesus argued from the single word "lord" in Matthew 22:41-46. In this wonderful place, our glorious Saviour defends His Deity and Lordship against the Pharisees by appeal to the single word "Lord" in Psalm 110:1. "If David then call him Lord, how is He his Son?" He reasons, if Christ is merely David’s Son, then why did David address Him as Lord? And this method of arguing from a single word in their Scriptures left them speechless and afraid to ever ask Him another question. Amen! Jesus argued from the single word "gods" in John 10:33-36. Here our Lord Christ defends Himself against the charge of blasphemy by showing from their own Scriptures the single word "gods" applied to men (Ps 82:6). It was Scriptural to call rulers "gods," in order to magnify their God-given office over the people (Ex 22:28; Ps 82:1; 138:1). Jesus appeals to this fact to justify His right to use the expression "Son of God," for God had separated Him for an office far greater than any mere magistrate. And His appeal is to a single word, which He also affirms cannot be altered and still maintain the integrity of Scripture. Amen! Paul argued from the single word "new" in Hebrews 8:13. When showing converted Hebrews that God had replaced their covenant with another covenant, he appeals to the single word "new" to prove that their covenant had been replaced and was passing away forever. Our brother Paul, by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, draws two implications from the single word "new." Their ancient covenant was no longer in force; and due to it having been replaced, it was showing its age and would soon be thrown away. And it was formally and finally thrown away in 70 A.D., when the Lord Jesus Christ swept Mount Zion clean of city, temple, altar, priests, and people by His Roman servant Titus. Amen!
How about a Few Words? Paul argued from three words in Hebrews 12:26-27. While proving the replacement of the Old Covenant with the New, Paul argues from the three words "yet once more" to show that the Old Covenant had fallen away and the New Covenant would remain forever. Haggai had prophesied a great religious and spiritual change of things at the time of the Messiah, and his prophecy showed it to be the final change based on the words "yet once more" (Hag 2:6-9). Though the earth had shook at the institution of the Old Covenant, this was the last shaking and would leave the permanent worship of God. For this final shaking would get rid of everything temporary in the worship of God and would leave remaining those solid things that would endure. And therefore, the kingdom of God introduced by John and promoted by the gospel was here to stay (Heb 12:28-29), which Paul proves by three words from Haggai. Amen!
How about the Voice of a Verb? Paul argued the voice of a verb in Galatians 4:9. Our beloved brother Paul, while writing the Galatians makes a precious point using the active and passive voice of the verb to know. He writes that being known of God is more important than knowing God, which is a glorious and comforting point. Their relationship with God, as our relationship with God, turns upon His knowledge and acceptance of us, rather than our knowledge and acceptance of Him (II Tim 2:19; Eph 1:6). If the false teachers today enticing thousands of fleshly and worthless decisions for Christ had read this argument, they might instead preach the sovereignty of God’s knowledge of us. For the initiating act of God’s redemptive plan of salvation is His knowledge of us, rather than our knowledge of Him (Rom 8:29-30). And in the great day of judgment, it will be our Lord’s knowledge of us that will determine our eternal destiny (Matt 7:23), rather than our knowledge of Him. Amen!
How about the Tense of a Verb? Jesus argued from the tense of a verb in Matthew 22:31-33. When confronted by the liberal Sadducees about the doctrine of the resurrection, our glorious Lord argued that there must be a human spirit and resurrection, for Moses had written that God was still the God of Abraham long after Abraham’s death. And He made this wonderful argument from the verb to be, for Moses had written, "I am the God of Abraham." If, as the Sadducees so aggressively believed, there was no spirit or resurrection (Acts 23:8), then how was God still the God of Abraham long after he died. Let the Seventh Day Adventists and Jehovah’s Witnesses today humble themselves before this wonderful argument from the tense of a verb. Amen! Jesus argued from the tense of a verb in John 8:58. When our Lord Jesus was attacked by the unbelieving Jews for saying that Abraham had seen Him and rejoiced in knowing Him, He declares His Deity in no uncertain terms by claiming the greatest name of God, I AM. Rather than saying, "Before Abraham was, I was," which would also have been true; our Divine Saviour claims the eternally existing name of Jehovah Himself, I AM THAT I AM. Let the Christ-denying Russellites confess their profane blasphemy before this argument from a verb tense, before they find themselves under His awful judgment. Amen!
Conclusion Give God the glory! We have preserved for us in 66 books, 1,189 chapters, and 31,173 verses the very words of the living God. Though neither our Saviour nor Paul ever got close to any "originals" of the Old Testament, they knew they had the Scripture from which to make their case for the truth of the gospel. And they made their invincible case sometimes from a single letter, single word, or point of grammar. So that we may by faith proceed in our reading, studying, and preaching with the same confidence. Amen! If you do not believe you have a word-perfect Bible, then you do not have much; for Scripture is word-perfect. If it were not, then neither our Lord nor Paul would have argued from single words in mere copies and/or translations. For Scripture cannot be broken with the wrong word (John 10:35). As has been shown, modern translations condemn themselves as not being Scripture by defrauding Paul of his important argument in Galatians 3:16 from the word SEED. They have replaced this essential word in the Old Testament text with OFFSPRING or DESCENDANTS to reveal their corruption. We live in the perilous times of the last days (II Tim 3:1-7; 4:1-5). Our age is marked by a form of religion without authority, a love of pleasure more than a love of God, a geometric increase in learning with little truth, and churchgoers who would rather have their itching ears tickled than hear sound doctrine. Such people would have no use for the methods of our Lord Jesus and Paul. They were not entertaining enough for contemporary worship in carnal churches. These people want to hear only the sound of Scripture, and then only a little squeezed in between stage acts: they do not want to be bothered with its precise sense. They desire pleasure rather than the demands of a holy God detailed by words and grammar in the Bible. If ever caught with a preacher like Jesus or Paul, they would be bored witless and resent the "nitpicking arrogance" of the speaker boldly proclaiming the precise sense of God’s Holy Word. Where are those who tremble at the Word of God (Isaiah 66:5)? Where are men who esteem the words of His mouth more than their necessary food (Job 23:12)? Let every man of God called by Jesus Christ to the work of the ministry take his sixty-six inch blade out of its scabbard and polish it. Let every New Testament bishop get his .66 magnum out and clean it. What does the enemy have? Their dreams? What is the chaff to the wheat? Saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? They have nothing. We have the words of the living God (Jer 23:28-32). Let the examples in this study bolster your courage and refine your methods, ye soldiers of the cross. Our mandate is simple: preach the word (II Tim 4:2). Out of ten classes of expository preaching or hermeneutics taught in modern seminaries, how many train men for the battle with these examples of our Lord Christ and brother Paul? Let us follow their lead and aggressively exalt every word of God for the cause of our Lord Jesus Christ and His kingdom. Amen!
Scripture References Used in this Study Acts 8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: Acts 8:35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
2 Timothy 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 2 Timothy 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Matthew 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
John 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
Nehemiah 8:8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
Jude 1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Psalms 138:2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
2 Timothy 2:14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. 2 Timothy 2:17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; 2 Timothy 2:18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
2 Timothy 1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
Ezra 7:6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
2 Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 Timothy 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 2 Timothy 3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 2 Timothy 3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 2 Timothy 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 2 Timothy 3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 2 Timothy 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 2 Timothy 3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 2 Timothy 3:9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. 2 Timothy 3:10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 2 Timothy 3:11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. 2 Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 2 Timothy 3:14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 2 Timothy 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 2 Timothy 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Galatians 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Acts 7:2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, Acts 7:3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. Acts 7:4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. Acts 7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. Hebrews 11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: Hebrews 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Hebrews 11:11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Hebrews 11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. Hebrews 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Hebrews 11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. Hebrews 11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. Hebrews 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Galatians 3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Genesis 12:7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Genesis 13:15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. Genesis 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Genesis 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. Genesis 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; Genesis 15:18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Genesis 17:8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. Genesis 17:9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. Genesis 17:10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. Genesis 17:19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
Genesis 21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; Genesis 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Genesis 24:7 The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
Matthew 22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Matthew 22:42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. Matthew 22:43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, Matthew 22:44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? Matthew 22:45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? Matthew 22:46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
Psalms 110:1 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
John 10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. John 10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? John 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; John 10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
Psalms 82:6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
Exodus 22:28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
Psalms 82:1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
Psalms 138:1 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
Hebrews 8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
Hebrews 12:26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. Hebrews 12:27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Haggai 2:6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; Haggai 2:7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. Haggai 2:8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. Haggai 2:9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
Hebrews 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.
Galatians 4:9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in ?
2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Romans 8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Matthew 22:31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, Matthew 22:32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Matthew 22:33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.
Acts 23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
John 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
John 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
Galatians 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
2 Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 Timothy 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 2 Timothy 3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 2 Timothy 3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; 2 Timothy 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 2 Timothy 3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 2 Timothy 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
2 Timothy 4:1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 2 Timothy 4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 2 Timothy 4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
Isaiah 66:5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
Jeremiah 23:28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. Jeremiah 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? Jeremiah 23:30 Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour. Jeremiah 23:31 Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. Jeremiah 23:32 Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
2 Timothy 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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