2 Timothy 2:14
Remind people of all this; urge them solemnly, as in the sight of God, to avoid controversy, a useless thing and the ruin of those who listen to it.
2 Timothy 2:23
Shun foolish and ignorant discussions, for you know that they only breed quarrels;
1 Timothy 5:21
I charge you solemnly, before God and Christ Jesus and the Chosen Angels, to carry out these directions, unswayed by prejudice, never acting with partiality.
1 Timothy 6:13
I urge you, as in the sight of God, the source of all life, and of Christ Jesus who before Pontius Pilate made the great profession of Faith--
2 Timothy 2:16
Avoid profane prattle. Those who indulge in it only get deeper into irreligious ways,
2 Timothy 4:1
I solemnly charge you, in the sight of God and of Christ Jesus, who will one day judge the living and the dead--I charge you by his Appearing and by his Kingdom:--
Hebrews 13:9
Do not let yourselves be carried away by the various novel forms of teaching. It is better to rely for spiritual strength upon the divine help, than upon regulations regarding food; for those whose lives are guided by such regulations have not found them of service.
Matthew 16:26
What good will it do a man to gain the whole world, if he forfeits his life? or what will a man give that is of equal value with his life?
Acts 13:10
"You incarnation of deceit and all fraud! You son of the Devil! You opponent of all that is good! Will you never cease to divert 'the straight paths of the Lord'? Listen!
Acts 15:24
As we had heard that some of our number had upset you by their assertions, and unsettled your minds--without instructions from us--
Romans 14:1
As for those whose faith is weak, always receive them as friends, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on their scruples.
Galatians 1:7
Which is really no Good News at all. But then, I know that there are people who are harassing you, and who want to pervert the Good News of the Christ.
Ephesians 4:17
This, then, as one in union with the Lord, I say to you and urge upon you: Do not continue to live such purposeless lives as the Gentiles live,
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Further, Brothers, we beg and exhort you in the name of our Lord Jesus to carry out more fully than ever--as indeed you are already doing--all that you have heard from us as to what your daily life must be, if it is to please God.
2 Thessalonians 3:6
We urge you, Brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to avoid any Brother who is living an ill-ordered life, which is not in agreement with the teaching that you received from us.
1 Timothy 1:4
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.
1 Timothy 1:6
And it is because they have not aimed at these things that the attention of certain people has been diverted to unprofitable subjects.
1 Timothy 4:8
for while the training of the body is of service in some respects, religion is of service in all, carrying with it, as it does, a promise of Life both here and hereafter.
1 Timothy 6:4-5
is puffed up with conceit, not really knowing anything, but having a morbid craving for discussions and arguments. Such things only give rise to envy, quarreling, recriminations, base suspicions,
2 Timothy 1:6
And that is my reason for reminding you to stir into flame that gift of God, which is yours through your ordination at my hands.
Titus 3:9-11
But have nothing to do with foolish discussions, or with genealogies, or with controversy, or disputes about the Law. They are useless and futile.
2 Peter 1:13
But I think it my duty, as long as I live in this 'tent,' to rouse you by awakening memories of the past;