Titus 1:14 Cross References

Titus 1:14

14: They must stop listening to Jewish myths and the commands of people who have turned their backs on the truth.

Such rules are mere human teaching about things that are gone as soon as we use them.

They make these proverbs come true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A washed pig returns to the mud."

And now that you have found God (or should I say, now that God has found you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual powers of this world?

And so the Lord says, "These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away. And their worship of me amounts to nothing more than human laws learned by rote.

Don't let people waste time in endless speculation over myths and spiritual pedigrees. For these things only cause arguments; they don't help people live a life of faith in God.
The purpose of my instruction is that all the Christians there would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and sincere faith.
But some teachers have missed this whole point. They have turned away from these things and spend their time arguing and talking foolishness.
They want to be known as teachers of the law of Moses, but they don't know what they are talking about, even though they seem so confident.

'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away. Their worship is a farce, for they replace God's commands with their own man-made teachings.'

See to it that you obey God, the one who is speaking to you. For if the people of Israel did not escape when they refused to listen to Moses, the earthly messenger, how terrible our danger if we reject the One who speaks to us from heaven!

Their worship is a farce, for they replace God's commands with their own man-made teachings.'"

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