Hebrews 13:9

Believers should not be swept away by strange teachings, for the heart is strengthened by grace, not by rules about food. Stability comes from grace, not external regulations.

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• Eph 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
• 1 Tim 6:3–5If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
• Eph 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
• Rom 14:6He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
• 1 Jn 4:1Beloved, 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.
• Acts 20:30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
• Rom 16:17–18Now 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.
• Gal 1:6–9I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
• Matt 24:4Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.
• 1 Tim 6:20O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”
• Col 2:7–8rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
• Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
• Jude 1:3Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
• 2 Th 2:17encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.
• Heb 9:9–10It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.
• 2 Cor 11:11–15Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!
• 1 Cor 8:8But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
• Rom 14:17For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
• Col 2:4I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
• Col 2:16–20Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.
• Titus 1:14–15and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.
• Matt 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
• 2 Cor 1:21Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
• 1 Tim 4:1–5Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
• Acts 20:32And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
• 1 Cor 6:13“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
• 2 Th 2:2not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.
• Lev 11:1–47The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,
• Acts 10:14–16“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
• Rom 14:2For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.
• 2 Tim 2:1–2You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
• Gal 6:1Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.
• Deut 14:3–21You must not eat any detestable thing.

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