Reference: Gnosticism
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GNOSTICISM
1. Gnosticism proper.
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a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the childlike, having in the law the essence of knowledge and truth,
And I also myself am persuaded about you, my brothers, that ye yourselves are also full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.
which none of the rulers of this age know. For if they knew, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
Now the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to understand because they are evaluated spiritually. But truly the spiritual man evaluates all things, but he himself is evaluated by none.
But truly the spiritual man evaluates all things, but he himself is evaluated by none.
And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, as to the childlike in Christ.
Now about the things sacrificed to idols. We know that all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.
And thanks is to God who always causes us to triumph in the Christ, and who makes manifest the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place, through us.
Because it is God who said, Out of darkness light is to shine, who shone in our hearts for an enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the presence of Jesus Christ.
for you to examine the things that are significant. So that ye may be tested by sunlight and not stumbling toward the day of Christ,
But indeed therefore I even consider all things to be loss because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom I suffered the loss of all things, and consider them to be rubbish, so that I may gain C
because of the hope being reserved for you in the heavens, which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the good-news
who is an image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. Because in him all things were created, things in the heavens and things upon the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or lordships or principal offices or positions of authority, all things have been created read more. And he is before all, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might become preeminent in all things.
And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might become preeminent in all things. Because in him it was considered good for all the fullness dwell, read more. and through him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross, through him whether things upon the earth or things in the heavens.
In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
Take heed lest there will be any man taking you captive through the love of wisdom and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ.
Take heed lest there will be any man taking you captive through the love of wisdom and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ. Because in him all the fullness of the divinity dwells bodily.
Because in him all the fullness of the divinity dwells bodily. And ye are men who have been made full in him, who is the head of every principal office and position of authority.
And ye are men who have been made full in him, who is the head of every principal office and position of authority. In whom also ye were circumcised a circumcision not made with hands, in the removal of the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Christ.
In whom also ye were circumcised a circumcision not made with hands, in the removal of the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Christ.
In whom also ye were circumcised a circumcision not made with hands, in the removal of the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of the Christ. Having been buried with him in immersion, in which also ye were raised together through faith of the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
Having been buried with him in immersion, in which also ye were raised together through faith of the working of God, who raised him from the dead. And you, being dead in transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you he made alive together with him, having forgiven us all the transgressions,
And you, being dead in transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, you he made alive together with him, having forgiven us all the transgressions, having erased the handwriting against us in the regulations that were hostile to us, and he has taken it up from the midst, having nailed it to the cross.
having erased the handwriting against us in the regulations that were hostile to us, and he has taken it up from the midst, having nailed it to the cross. Having stripped the principal offices and the positions of authority, he exposed them openly, having triumphed over them by it.
Having stripped the principal offices and the positions of authority, he exposed them openly, having triumphed over them by it. Let not any man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths,
Let not any man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths, which are a shadow of the things coming, but the body is Christ's.
which are a shadow of the things coming, but the body is Christ's. Let no man umpire against you insisting on self-mortification, and worship of the heavenly agents, intruding in things that he has not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh,
Let no man umpire against you insisting on self-mortification, and worship of the heavenly agents, intruding in things that he has not seen, vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh, and not holding to the head, from whom all the body, being supplied and held together through the connections and bonds, develops its growth from God.
and not holding to the head, from whom all the body, being supplied and held together through the connections and bonds, develops its growth from God. If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why do ye submit to rules, as though living in the world?
If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why do ye submit to rules, as though living in the world? Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch
Do not handle, nor taste, nor touch (which are all things for consumption by use), according to the commandments and teachings of men?
(which are all things for consumption by use), according to the commandments and teachings of men? Which having, are indeed a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and self-mortification, and austerity of the body--not in any value against indulgence of the flesh.
Which having, are indeed a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and self-mortification, and austerity of the body--not in any value against indulgence of the flesh.
Husbands, love the wives and do not be made bitter against them.
nor to heed myths and endless genealogies, which cause controversies rather than stewardship of God in faith.
For bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for all things, having promise of the present life, and of that which is coming.
O Timothy, keep the entrustment, avoiding the profane babblings and objections of the falsely-called knowledge,
By faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by the word of God. For the things that are seen do not come to be from that which is visible.
I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you through his name. I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome evil. I write to you, children, because ye know the Father. read more. I wrote to you, fathers, because ye have know him from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and ye have overcome evil.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but examine the spirits, whether they are of God, because many FALSE prophets have gone out into the world.
and every spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ has come in flesh is not of God. And this is that of the antichrist, which ye have heard that it comes, and is now in the world already.
I wrote these things to you, those who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe in the name of the Son of God.
But this thou have, that thou hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
So also thou have men who likewise adhere to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
Nevertheless, I have against thee that thou tolerate thy woman Jezebel. She calls herself a prophetess, and teaches and leads astray my bondmen to fornicate, and to eat idol sacrifices.
But I say to you, to those remaining in Thyatira, as many as have not this teaching, who do not know, as they say, the deep things of Satan, I do not cast upon you another burden.
And to the agent of the congregation in Laodicea write, These things says the Truly, the faithful and TRUE witness, the primacy of the creation of God:
He who overcomes, I will give him to sit with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.
Morish
An early system of philosophy professedly Christian. One of their theories was that the Lord was an ?on and not really a man. Apparently to refute this the apostle insists on Christ having come 'in flesh.' 1Jo 4:2-3; 2Jo 1:7. The same may be alluded to in Col 2:9, "in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily," in opposition to their mysticism. See GENEALOGIES.
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Only be strong and very courageous to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou may have good success wherever thou go.
Because in him all the fullness of the divinity dwells bodily.
By this ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ having come in flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ has come in flesh is not of God. And this is that of the antichrist, which ye have heard that it comes, and is now in the world already.