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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1 Corinthians 14:38

2 Timothy 2:23

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They want to be Teachers of the Law, and yet do not understand either the words they use, or the subjects on which they speak so confidently.

The Presiding-Officer should not be a recent convert, that he may not be blinded by pride and fall under the same condemnation as the Devil.

There was staying in the city a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic there and mystifying the Samaritan people, giving himself out to be some great Being.

Let the same spirit of sympathy animate you all, not a spirit of pride; be glad to associate with the lowly. Do not think too highly of yourselves.

Let no one deceive himself. If any one among you imagines that, as regards this world, he is a wise man, let him become a 'fool,' that he may become wise.

With reference to food that has been offered in sacrifice to idols-We are aware that all of us have knowledge! Knowledge breeds conceit, while love builds up character.

If a man imagines himself to be somebody, when he is really nobody, he deceives himself.

Do not let any one defraud you of the reality by affecting delight in so-called 'humility' and angel-worship. Such a man busies himself with his visions, and without reason is rendered conceited by his merely human intellect.

Who so opposes himself to every one that is spoken of as a God or as an object of worship, and so exalts himself above them, that he seats himself in the Temple of God, and displays himself as God!

treacherous, reckless, and puffed up with pride; they will love pleasure more than they love God;

These men, however, like animals without reason, intended by nature to be caught and killed--these men, I say, malign those of whom they know nothing, and will assuredly perish through their own corruption,

But these men malign whatever they do not understand; while they use such things as they know by instinct (like the animals that have no reason) for their own corruption.

You say 'I am rich and have grown rich, and I want for nothing,' and you do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, naked!

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nor to devote their attention to legends and interminable genealogies, which tend to give rise to argument rather than to further that divine plan which is revealed in the Faith.

Shun foolish and ignorant discussions, for you know that they only breed quarrels;

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This gave rise to a serious dispute, and much discussion, between Paul and Barnabas and these men, and it was therefore settled that Paul and Barnabas and others of their number should go up to Jerusalem, to consult the Apostles and Officers of the Church about the matter under discussion.

While as to those who are factious, and disobedient to Truth but obedient to Evil, wrath and anger, distress and despair,

Being in the light of Day, let us live becomingly, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lust and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.

As for those whose faith is weak, always receive them as friends, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on their scruples.

While there exist among you jealousy and party feeling, is it not true that you are worldly, and are acting merely as other men do?

If, however, any one still thinks it right to contest the point-well, we have no such custom, nor have the Churches of God.

You tolerate a man even when he enslaves you, when he plunders you, when he gets you into his power, when he puts on airs of superiority, when he strikes you in the face!

But, if you are continually wounding and preying upon one another, take care that you are not destroyed by one another.

It is true that some do proclaim the Christ out of Jealousy and opposition; but there are others who proclaim him from good- will.

Nothing should be done in a factious spirit or from vanity, but each of you should with all humility regard others as of more account than himself,

But have nothing to do with foolish discussions, or with genealogies, or with controversy, or disputes about the Law. They are useless and futile.

Mark this, my dear Brothers--Let every one be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry;

My Brothers, what is the good of a man's saying that he has faith, if he does not prove it by actions? Can such faith save him?

What is the cause of the fighting and quarreling that goes on among you? Is not it to be found in the desires which are always at war within you?

Now that you have done with all malice, all deceitfulness, insincerity, jealous feelings, and all back-biting,

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Any one who ignores it may be ignored.

Shun foolish and ignorant discussions, for you know that they only breed quarrels;