Titus 3:10
Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,
BSB
ASV
A factious man after a first and second admonition refuse;
KJV
A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
Perhaps even thus being put to shame by the bad odor of their names, they [the heretics] may be enabled to grasp the depth of impiety into which they have fallen. It would be within our rights not to answer them at all, according to the apostolic advice: "One who is heretical, after a first and a second admonition refuse, knowing that such a one is perverted and sins, being self-condemned." This is even more the case, in that the prophet says about such men: "The fool shall utter foolishness, and his heart shall imagine vain things."
This is the only place, in the whole scripture, where this word heretic occurs; and here it evidently means, a man that obstinately persists in contending about "foolish questions," and thereby occasions strife and animosities, schisms and parties in the church. This, and this alone, is an heretic in the scripture sense; and his punishment likewise is here fixed.
"Admonish him once and again, that, if possible, he may be brought back, and thou mayest gain thy brother; but, if this will not reduce him, that others be not hurt, cast him out of the communion, and warn all Christians to avoid him."-- Knowing that he that is such is subverted (turned off from the foundation) and sinneth grievously, being self-condemned.
A man that is a heretic - Generally defined, one that is obstinately attached to an opinion contrary to the peace and comfort of society, and will neither submit to Scripture nor reason. Here it means a person who maintains Judaism in opposition to Christianity, or who insists on the necessity of circumcision, etc., in order to be saved. This is obviously the meaning of the word heretic in the only place in which it occurs in the sacred writings.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Romans 16:17Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
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Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an undisciplined life that is not in keeping with the tradition you received…
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.
If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
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2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
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Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, because you have in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth—
