1 Timothy 6:4

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He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

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1 Timothy 1:4

2 Timothy 2:23

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desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident assertions.

He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.

One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great.

Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.Never be wise in your own sight.

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

Now concerningfood offered to idols: we know that "all of us possess knowledge." This "knowledge"puffs up, but love builds up.

For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions,puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,

who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction,

But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively.

For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.

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nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith.

Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.

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Behold, you fast only to quarrel and to fight and to hit with a wicked fist. Fasting like yours this day will not make your voice to be heard on high.

And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.

but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury.

Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarreling and jealousy.

As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.

for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?

If anyone is inclined to be contentious, we have no such practice, nor do the churches of God.

For you bear it if someone makes slaves of you, or devours you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or strikes you in the face.

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will.

Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.

But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

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The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing.

Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

If anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.

Have nothing to do with foolish, ignorant controversies; you know that they breed quarrels.