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 4:14That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
• 1 Tim 6:3–5If 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;
• Eph 5:6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
• Rom 14:6He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
• 1 Jn 4:1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
• Acts 20:30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
• Rom 16:17–18Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
• Gal 1:6–9I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
• Matt 24:4And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
• 1 Tim 6:20O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
• Col 2:7–8Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
• Jude 1:12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
• Jude 1:3Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
• 2 Th 2:17Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
• Heb 9:9–10Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
• 2 Cor 11:11–15Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
• 1 Cor 8:8But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
• Rom 14:17For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
• Col 2:4And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
• Col 2:16–20Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
• Titus 1:14–15Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
• Matt 24:24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
• 2 Cor 1:21Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
• 1 Tim 4:1–5Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
• Acts 20:32And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
• 1 Cor 6:13Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
• 2 Th 2:2That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
• Lev 11:1–47And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them,
• Acts 10:14–16But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
• Rom 14:2For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
• 2 Tim 2:1–2Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
• Gal 6:1Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
• Deut 14:3–21Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

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