7 Bible Verses about Inconsistency
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And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?
So you must observe and do whatever they tell you. But do not do what they do; for they preach, but do not practice.
If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well?
you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to draw back and separate himself, fearing the party of the circumcision. The rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.read more.
But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of them all, "If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable and disobedient, unfit for any good deed.
What good is it, my brethren, if a man says he has faith but has no works? Can such faith save him? If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?
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Inconsistency » General marks of » Brings reproach upon the cause of truth
And many will follow their licentiousness, and because of them the way of truth will be reviled.
You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."
Inconsistency » General marks of » Preaching and not practising
But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of them all, "If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?
you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
Inconsistency » General marks of » Uncharitableness
And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?
So you must observe and do whatever they tell you. But do not do what they do; for they preach, but do not practice.
Inconsistency » General marks of » The double tongue
He who says, "I know him," but does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Inconsistency » General marks of » Selfishness
If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?
Inconsistency » Instances of » Jehu
Inconsistency » Instances of » In accusing jesus of violating the sabbath
Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well?
Inconsistency » General marks of » False profession
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their deeds; they are detestable and disobedient, unfit for any good deed.
Inconsistency » General marks of » Harsh judgment
Therefore you have no excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge another; for in whatever point you pass judgment on him you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.
Inconsistency » General marks of » Religious talk
Inconsistency » General marks of » Legalism
If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well?