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And John himself had his raiment of camels hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
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Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples fast not?
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which things have indeed a show of wisdom in willworship and humiliation and severity to the body, not in any honor for the satisfying of the flesh.
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For this is the will of God, your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication;
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Asceticism » Extreme application of » Rebuked by paul
If ye died with Christ to the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, such as, Handle not, Taste not, Touch not, (which all are to perish with the using,) after the commandments and teachings of men; read more.
which things have indeed a show of wisdom in willworship and humiliation and severity to the body, not in any honor for the satisfying of the flesh.
which things have indeed a show of wisdom in willworship and humiliation and severity to the body, not in any honor for the satisfying of the flesh.
Now the Spirit saith expressly, that in the latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, through the hypocrisy of speakers of lies, who bear a brand on their own conscience, forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from food which God created to be received with thanksgiving, for those who believe and know the truth. read more.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving;
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving;
For bodily exercise is profitable for little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
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Humility » Saints should » Beware of false
Let no one defraud you of the prize, desiring to do it in humiliation and worshipping of the angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, puffed up without reason by the mind of his own flesh,
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which things have indeed a show of wisdom in willworship and humiliation and severity to the body, not in any honor for the satisfying of the flesh.
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Ordinance » Insufficiency of, for salvation
If ye died with Christ to the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to ordinances, such as, Handle not, Taste not, Touch not, (which all are to perish with the using,) after the commandments and teachings of men; read more.
which things have indeed a show of wisdom in willworship and humiliation and severity to the body, not in any honor for the satisfying of the flesh.
which things have indeed a show of wisdom in willworship and humiliation and severity to the body, not in any honor for the satisfying of the flesh.
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith working by love.
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For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
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having abolished in his flesh the law of commandments contained in ordinances; that he might create of the two one new man in himself, thus making peace,
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blotting out the handwriting in ordinances that was against us, which was opposed to us, he hath taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;
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The first covenant, then, had indeed ordinances of religious service, and a worldly sanctuary.
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the Holy Spirit clearly showing this, that the way into the sanctuary hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing: which is a figure for the present time, in accordance with which are offered both gifts and sacrifices, which have no power as to the conscience to perfect the worshipper, being only ordinances pertaining to the flesh, which in addition to meats and drinks and divers washings are imposed until the time of reformation.