Hebrews 13:9

Concluding Ethical Instructions

⁸ Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and to-day--yes, and for ever! 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. ¹⁰ We are not without an altar; but it is one at which those who still worship in the Tabernacle have no right to eat.

By Grace

From God

In Me

No

Ephesians 4:14

Then we shall no longer be like infants, tossed backward and forward, blown about by every breath of human teaching, through the trickery and the craftiness of men, towards the snares of error;

2 Corinthians 1:21

God who brings us, with you, into close union with Christ, and who consecrated us,

Ephesians 5:6

Do not let any one deceive you with specious arguments. Those are the sins that bring down the Wrath of God upon the disobedient.

Matthew 24:4

Jesus replied to them as follows: "See that no one leads you astray;

Matthew 24:24

For false Christs and false Prophets will arise, and will display great signs and marvels, so that, were it possible, even God's People would be led astray.

Acts 10:14-16

"No, Lord, I cannot," answered Peter, "for I have never eaten anything 'defiled' and 'unclean'."

Acts 20:30

And from among yourselves, too, men will arise, who will teach perversions of truth, so as to draw away the disciples after them.

Acts 20:32

And now I commend you to the Lord and to the Message of his Love--a Message which has the power to build up your characters, and to give you your place among all those who have become Christ's People.

Romans 14:2

One man's faith permits of his eating food of all kinds, while another whose faith is weak eats only vegetable food.

Romans 14:6

He who observes a day, observes it to the Master's honor. He, again, who eats meat eats it to the Master's honor, for he gives thanks to God; while he who abstains from it abstains from it to the Master's honor, and also gives thanks to God.

Romans 14:17

For the Kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and gladness through the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 16:17-18

I urge you, Brothers, to be on your guard against people who, by disregarding the teaching which you received, cause divisions and create difficulties; dissociate yourselves from them.

1 Corinthians 6:13

Food exists for the stomach, and the stomach for food; but God will put an end to both the one and the other. The body, however, exists, not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body;

1 Corinthians 8:8

What we eat, however, will not bring us nearer to God. We lose nothing by not eating this food, and we gain nothing by eating it.

2 Corinthians 11:11-15

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows that I do!

Galatians 1:6-9

I am astonished at your so soon deserting him, who called you through the love of Christ, for a different 'Good News,'

Galatians 6:1

Brothers, even if a man should be caught committing a sin, you who are spiritually minded should, in a gentle spirit, help him to recover himself, taking care lest any one of you also should be tempted.

Colossians 2:4

I say this to prevent any one from deceiving you by plausible arguments.

Colossians 2:7-8

Rooted in him, building up your characters through union with him, growing stronger through your faith, as you were taught, overflowing with faith and thanksgiving.

Colossians 2:16-20

Do not, then, allow any one to take you to task on questions of eating or drinking, or in the matter of annual or monthly or weekly festivals.

2 Thessalonians 2:2

Not lightly to let your minds become unsettled, nor yet to be disturbed by any revelation, or by any message, or by any letter, purporting to come from us, to the effect that the Day of the Lord is come.

2 Thessalonians 2:17

Console your hearts, and strengthen you to do and to say all that is right.

1 Timothy 4:1-5

But the Spirit distinctly says that in later times there will be some who will fall away from the Faith, and devote their attention to misleading spirits, and to the teaching of demons,

1 Timothy 6:3-5

Any one who teaches otherwise, and refuses his assent to sound instruction--the instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ--and to the teaching of religion,

1 Timothy 6:20

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane prattle and contradictions of what some miscall 'theology,'

2 Timothy 2:1-2

Do you, then, my Child, find strength in the help which comes from the union with Christ Jesus;

Titus 1:14-15

and may pay no attention to Jewish legends, or to the directions of those who turn their backs upon the Truth.

Hebrews 9:9-10

For that was only a type, to continue down to the present time; and, in keeping with it, both gifts and sacrifices are offered, though incapable of satisfying the conscience of the worshiper;

1 John 4:1

Dear friends, do not trust every inspiration, but test each inspiration, to see whether it proceeds from God; because many false Prophets have gone out into the world.

Jude 1:3

Dear friends, while I was making every effort to write to you about our common Salvation, I felt that I must write to you at once to urge you to fight in defense of the Faith that has once for all been entrusted to the keeping of Christ's People.

Jude 1:12

These are the men who are blots upon your 'Love-feasts,' when they feast together and provide without scruple for themselves alone. They are clouds without rain, driven before the winds; they are leafless trees without a vestige of fruit, dead through and through, torn up by the roots;