and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remain
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should n
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and thei
Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching yo
Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fr
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not
Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
Some have strayed from these ways and turned aside to empty talk.
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undiscipl
Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perish
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedn
And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of ro
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of th
It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.
When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, ea
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting w
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because the
“For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greates
If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.
of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horse