27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
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And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; …
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. …
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27)This is a good caution to those that have had a good education to take heed of hearkening to those who, under pretence of instructing them, draw them off from those good principles under the influence of which they were trained up. Observe, 1. There is that which seems designed for instruction, but really tends to the destruction of young men. The factors for vice will undertake to teach them free…
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