And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us.
Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,
Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether yo
Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they com
Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly
idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you—
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teac
I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I beli
Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They
We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader
But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the str
But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required
so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your soul as well.”