7 Bible Verses about Inconsistency
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And why spiest thou out the mote which is in thy brother's eye, yet payest no attention to the beam which is in thine own eye?
all things therefore which they prescribe for you to observe, observe and practise; but do not according to their works, for they say, yet do not practise.
If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses should not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have made a man whole on the sabbath-day?
Thou therefore who teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that proclaimest aloud that a man should not steal, dost thou steal? thou that sayest, Do not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that holdest idols in abomination, dost thou commit sacrilege? thou who gloriest in the law, dishonourest thou God by the transgression of the law?
But when Peter came to Antioch I withstood him to his face, because he was blameable. For before certain persons came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles, but when they were come, he withdrew, and separated himself, fearing those of the circumcision. And the other Jews were guilty of the same dissimulation with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy.read more.
But when I saw that they walked not directly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to judaize?
They profess to know God; but in works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
What is the advantage, my brethren, if a man profess to have faith, but hath not works; can faith save him? Now if a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and should one of you say to them, Go in peace, be warm, be replenished with food: yet if ye give them not the necessaries for their body; what doth it avail?
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Inconsistency » General marks of » Brings reproach upon the cause of truth
And many will go out of the way after their fatal errors; by means of whom the way of truth will be injuriously reviled.
thou who gloriest in the law, dishonourest thou God by the transgression of the law? for the name of God is blasphemed through you among the heathen, as it is written.
Inconsistency » General marks of » Preaching and not practising
But when I saw that they walked not directly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest as the Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to judaize?
Thou therefore who teachest another, dost thou not teach thyself? thou that proclaimest aloud that a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
Inconsistency » General marks of » Uncharitableness
And why spiest thou out the mote which is in thy brother's eye, yet payest no attention to the beam which is in thine own eye?
all things therefore which they prescribe for you to observe, observe and practise; but do not according to their works, for they say, yet do not practise.
Inconsistency » General marks of » The double tongue
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and in him the truth is not.
Out of the same mouth goeth forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be thus.
Inconsistency » General marks of » Selfishness
Now if a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and should one of you say to them, Go in peace, be warm, be replenished with food: yet if ye give them not the necessaries for their body; what doth it avail?
Inconsistency » Instances of » Jehu
Inconsistency » Instances of » In accusing jesus of violating the sabbath
Because Moses ordered you circumcision; (not that it comes from Moses, but from our ancestors;) so ye circumcise a man on the sabbath-day. If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses should not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have made a man whole on the sabbath-day?
Inconsistency » General marks of » False profession
They profess to know God; but in works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Inconsistency » General marks of » Harsh judgment
THEREFORE thou art inexcusable, O man, even every one that judgeth: for in the very thing wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest art living in the practices of the same things.
Inconsistency » General marks of » Religious talk
Inconsistency » General marks of » Legalism
If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses should not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have made a man whole on the sabbath-day?
Inconsistency » Instances of » The jews, in oppressing the poor
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