His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.
Hebrews 13:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Don't be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do not be carried about by different and varied and alien teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established and ennobled and strengthened by means of grace (God's favor and spiritual blessing) and not [to be devoted to] foods [rules of diet and ritualistic meals], which bring no [spiritual] benefit or profit to those who observe them. American Standard Version (1901) Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited. Common English Bible Don’t be misled by the many strange teachings out there. It’s a good thing for the heart to be strengthened by grace rather than by food. Food doesn’t help those who live in this context. Catholic Public Domain Version Do not be led away by changing or strange doctrines. And it is best for the heart to be sustained by grace, not by foods. For the latter have not been as useful to those who walked by them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Be not led away with various and strange doctrines. For it is best that the heart be established with grace, not with meats; which have not profited those that walk in them. |
His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.
For there will arise false messiahs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.
Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the talmidim after them.
Now, brothers, I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, shalom, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables.
He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn't eat, to the Lord he doesn't eat, and gives God thanks.
*Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods,* but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don't eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
Now he who establishes us with you in Messiah, and anointed us, is God;
Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted.
that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;
Let no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.
Now this I say that no one may delude you with persuasiveness of speech.
not to be quickly shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, saying that the day of Messiah had come.
Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;
Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
These are hidden rocky reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you, shepherds who without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the holy ones.