And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:
And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go.
And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.
And Philip went down to Samaria and was teaching them about Christ.
And when he had come across him, he took him to Antioch. And they were with the church there for a year, teaching the people; and the disciples were first given the name of Christians in Antioch.
Then the ruler, when he saw what was done, had faith, being full of wonder at the teaching of the Lord.
Now in Iconium they went together to the Synagogue of the Jews and gave such teaching that a great number of Jews and greeks had faith.
Now certain men came down from Judaea, teaching the brothers and saying that without circumcision, after the rule of Moses, there is no salvation.
And Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, gave teaching to the brothers and made them strong in the faith.
But Paul and Barnabas kept on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of God, with a number of others.
Teaching rules of living which it is not right for us to have or to keep, being Romans.
And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?
And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.
This man had been trained in the way of the Lord; and burning in spirit, he gave himself up to teaching the facts about Jesus, though he had knowledge only of John's baptism:
And he was preaching in the Synagogue without fear. But Priscilla and Aquila, hearing his words, took him in, and gave him fuller teaching about the way of God.
And he went into the Synagogue, and for three months he was preaching there without fear, reasoning and teaching about the kingdom of God.
And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:
And when he had gone through those parts and given them much teaching, he came into Greece.
And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,
And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.
So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.
And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.
Crying out, Men of Israel, come to our help: this is the man who is teaching all men everywhere against the people and the law and this place: and in addition, he has taken greeks into the Temple, and made this holy place unclean.
And when a day had been fixed, they came to his house in great numbers; and he gave them teaching, giving witness to the kingdom of God, and having discussions with them about Jesus, from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.
Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ without fear, and no orders were given that he was not to do so.
You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours?
But praise be to God that though you were the servants of sin, you have now given yourselves freely to that form of teaching under which you were placed;
Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;
Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them.
And the teaching I gave you, my brothers, was such as I was able to give, not to those who have the Spirit, but to those who are still in the flesh, even to children in Christ.
For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.
Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.
Now I am pleased to see that you keep me in memory in all things, and that you give attention to the teaching which was handed down from me to you.
Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head.
But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.
But, now, my brothers, if I come to you using tongues, what profit will it be to you, if I do not give you a revelation, or knowledge, or the word of the prophet, or teaching?
But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;
For I did not get it from man, and I was not given teaching in it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.
Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings,
But let him who gets teaching in the word give a part in all good things to his teacher.
And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;
So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;
For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you;
If in fact you gave ear to him, and were given teaching in him, even as what is true is made clear in Jesus:
Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.
And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.
The things which came to you by my teaching and preaching, and which you saw in me, these things do, and the God of peace will be with you.
Whom we are preaching; guiding and teaching every man in all wisdom, so that every man may be complete in Christ;
Rooted and based together in him, strong in the faith which the teaching gave you, giving praise to God at all times.
(Rules which are all to come to an end with their use) after the orders and teaching of men?
Let the word of Christ be in you in all wealth of wisdom; teaching and helping one another with songs of praise and holy words, making melody to God with grace in your hearts.
Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,
But about loving the brothers, there is no need for me to say anything to you in this letter: for you have the teaching of God that love for one another is right and necessary;
So then, brothers, be strong in purpose, and keep the teaching which has been given to you by word or by letter from us.
Now we give you orders, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from all those whose behaviour is not well ordered and in harmony with the teaching which they had from us.
It was my desire, when I went on into Macedonia, that you might make a stop at Ephesus, to give orders to certain men not to put forward a different teaching,
For those who go after loose women, for those with unnatural desires, for those who take men prisoners, who make false statements and false oaths, and those who do any other things against the right teaching,
But the spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,
If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:
Let these be your orders and your teaching.
Till I come, give attention to the reading of the holy Writings, to comforting the saints, and to teaching.
Give attention to yourself and your teaching. Go on in these things; for in doing so you will get salvation for yourself and for those who give hearing to you.
Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.
Let all who are servants under the yoke give all honour to their masters, so that no evil may be said against the name of God and his teaching.
And let those whose masters are of the faith have respect for them because they are brothers, working for them the more readily, because those who take part in the good work are of the faith and are dear. Give orders and teaching about these things.
If any man gives different teaching, not in agreement with the true words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the teaching which is in agreement with true religion,
For it is not right for the Lord's servant to make trouble, but he is to be gentle to all, ready in teaching, putting up with wrong,
Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,
But you took as your example my teaching, behaviour, purpose, and faith; my long waiting, my love, my quiet undergoing of trouble;
But see that you keep to the teaching you have been given and the things of which you are certain, conscious of who has been your teacher;
Every holy writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:
Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;
For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them;
But be on the watch for him, for he was violent in his attacks on our teaching.
Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.
By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.
But let your words be in agreement with true and right teaching:
In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,
Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.
On all these points give teaching and help, and make clear what is right with all authority. Let all men give you honour.
And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.
The teaching of baptisms, and of the putting on of hands, and of the future life of the dead, and of the judging on the last day.
And there will be no need for every man to be teaching his brother, or his neighbour, saying, This is the knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, great and small.
Do not be turned away by different strange teachings, because it is good for your hearts to be made strong by grace, and not by meats, which were of no profit to those who took so much trouble over them.
For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.
But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.
As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.
Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the father and the Son.
If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love:
But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh.
And you have those who keep the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
But I have this against you, that you let the woman Jezebel say she is a prophet and give false teaching, making my servants go after the desires of the flesh and take food offered to false gods.
But to you I say, to the rest in Thyatira, even to those who have not this teaching, and have no knowledge of the secrets of Satan, as they say; I put on you no other weight.
Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you.
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And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.
And the second Mark 12:31 [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
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