They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, {so} walk ye in him:

And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction {that causeth} to err from the words of knowledge.

And Jehoshaphat said, {Is there} not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have. {seemeth...: or, thinketh that he hath}

Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would {no doubt} have continued with us: but {they went out}, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction {that causeth} to err from the words of knowledge.

All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.