Sound Doctrine

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

I urge you, as I did when I was on my way to Macedonia, to remain in Ephesus so that you may instruct certain people not to teach any different doctrine,

fornicators, sodomites, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to the sound teaching

Whoever teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that is in accordance with godliness,

Hold to the standard of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth.

holding to the outward form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid them!

All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires,

He must have a firm grasp of the word that is trustworthy in accordance with the teaching, so that he may be able both to preach with sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict it.

But as for you, teach what is consistent with sound doctrine.

he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation,

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.