2 Timothy 3:5 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

⁵ and while they retain the outward form of religion, they will not allow it to influence them. Turn your back on such men as these.

¹⁵ Beware of false Teachers--men who come to you in the guise of sheep, but at heart they are ravenous wolves.

²⁷ Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed look fair outside, while inside they are filled with dead men's bones and all kinds of filth. ²⁸ It is the same with you. Outwardly, and to others, you have the look of religious men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and sin.

²⁰ And a teacher of the childish, because in the Law you possess the outline of all Knowledge and Truth. ²¹ Why, then, you teacher of others, do not you teach yourself? Do you preach against stealing, and yet steal? ²² Do you forbid adultery, and yet commit adultery? Do you loathe idols, and yet plunder temples? ²³ Boasting, as you do, of your Law, do you dishonor God by breaking the Law? ²⁴ For, as Scripture says-'The name of God is reviled among the Gentiles because of you'!

¹⁷ I urge you, Brothers, to be on your guard against people who, by disregarding the teaching which you received, cause divisions and create difficulties; dissociate yourselves from them. ¹⁸ For such persons are not serving Christ, our Master, but are slaves to their own appetites; and, by their smooth words and flattery, they deceive simple-minded people.

¹⁴ Then we shall no longer be like infants, tossed backward and forward, blown about by every breath of human teaching, through the trickery and the craftiness of men, towards the snares of error;

⁶ We urge you, Brothers, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to avoid any Brother who is living an ill-ordered life, which is not in agreement with the teaching that you received from us.

¹⁴ If any one disregards what we have said in this letter, mark that man and avoid his company, that he may feel ashamed.

⁸ Any one who fails to provide for his own relations, and especially for those under his own roof, has disowned the Faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

⁵ and incessant wrangling on the part of these corrupt-minded people who have lost all hold on the Truth, and who think of religion only as a source of gain.

¹⁶ Avoid profane prattle. Those who indulge in it only get deeper into irreligious ways,

²³ Shun foolish and ignorant discussions, for you know that they only breed quarrels;

¹⁶ They profess to know God, but by their actions they disown him. They are degraded and self-willed; and, as far as anything good is concerned, they are utterly worthless.

¹⁰ If a man is causing divisions among you, after warning him once or twice, have nothing more to say to him.

¹⁰ If any one comes to you and does not bring this Teaching, do not receive him into your house or welcome him; ¹¹ for the man who welcomes him is sharing with him in his wicked work. ¹² Though I have a great deal to say to you, I would rather not trust it to paper and ink, but I am hoping to come and see you, and to speak with you face to face, so that your joy may be complete.