But if anyone is disposed to be contentious about it, I for my part recognize no other practice in worship than this, and neither do the churches of God.

Men

Just so any sound tree bears good fruit, but a poor tree bears bad fruit.

"You must either make the tree sound and its fruit sound, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; a tree is judged by its fruit.

And the basis of the judgment is this, that the light has come into the world, and yet, because their actions were wicked, men have loved the darkness more than the light.

So what I mean and insist upon in the Lord's name is this: You must no longer live like the heathen, with their frivolity of mind and darkened understanding.

Then the embodiment of disobedience will make his appearance, and the Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of his mouth and annihilate him by his appearance and arrival.

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, these people in turn oppose the truth; they are men of depraved minds and counterfeit faith.

To the pure everything is pure, but to the evil-minded and unbelieving nothing is pure, but their very minds and consciences are unclean.

See to it, my brothers, that no one of you has a wicked, unbelieving heart, that turns away from the ever-living God,

Look out for yourselves, take care not to lose what we have worked for, but make sure that you are paid for it in full.

Supposing

And religion with contentment is a great means of gain.

not addicted to drink or pugnacious, but a man of moderation and peace, not avaricious,

and he said to them, "The Scripture says, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a robbers' cave."

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But when Simon saw that the holy Spirit was imparted through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money,

A silversmith named Demetrius was making large profits for his workmen by the manufacture of silver shrines of Artemis.

They must be silenced, for such men upset whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach, for the sake of dishonest gain.

In their greed they will exploit you with pretended arguments. From of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not slumbered.

Alas for them, for they follow Cain's path, they plunge into Balaam's error for gain, and they perish in rebelliousness like Korah's.

for after drinking the wine of the passion of her immorality all the heathen have fallen; the kings of the earth have joined in her idolatry, and the traders of the earth have grown rich from her excessive luxury!"

From

I beg you, brothers, to be on the watch for those who introduce divisions and difficulties, in opposition to the instruction that you were given, and to avoid them.

We charge you, brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives in idleness, instead of following the teaching you received from us.

keeping up the forms of religion, but resisting its influence. Avoid such people.

General references

If anyone pays no attention to it, pay no attention to him.

Avoid foolish, crude speculations; you know they only lead to quarrels,