Quotes About Truth

in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.

For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

As one of their own prophets has said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sternly, so that they will be sound in the faith

and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

But as for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound doctrine.

and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned.

On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.

You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”

We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Nothing in all creation is hidden from Godís sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—

Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.

Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:

If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.