The Bible emphasizes the importance of sound teaching and doctrine in the life of believers. According to Titus 1:9, a leader in the church should be able to \"exhort in sound doctrine\" and refute those who contradict it. In Titus 2:1, believers are encouraged to speak things that are \"sound doctrine\", while 2 Timothy 4:2-4 warns against turning away from sound teaching to follow false doctrines. The Scriptures, as stated in 2 Timothy 3:16, are profitable for doctrine, reproof, and correction, providing a foundation for sound doctrine that is essential for the health and growth of the church.
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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.
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching
If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching, he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and semantics, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions, and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation. For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.
Beloved, 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.