Quotes About Truth

Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it legitimately.

for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching

that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.

They must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in Godís household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.

This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance.

Command and teach these things.

Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.

The sins of some men are obvious, going ahead of them to judgment; but the sins of others do not surface until later.

In the same way, good deeds are obvious, and even the ones that are inconspicuous cannot remain hidden.

If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,

and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.

I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:

O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”

which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith. Grace be with you all.

Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things.