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Hebrews 13:9

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7 Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

10 We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

11 Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.

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BSB
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
KJV
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.
WEB
Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.
ASV
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.
DARBY
Be not carried away with various and strange doctrines; for [it is] good that the heart be confirmed with grace, not meats; those who have walked in which have not been profited by [them].
BLB
Do not be carried along [by] various and strange teachings; for [it is] good [for] the heart to be confirmed by grace, not by foods, in which those walking were not profited.
ÅB
La dere ikke føre på avveie ved mange forskjellige og fremmede lærdommer! for det er godt at hjertet blir styrket ved nåden, ikke ved mat, som ikke har gagnet dem som gav seg av dermed.
OTB
La dere ikke lede bort av mangfoldige og fremmede lærdommer; det er gunstig for hjertet å styrkes ved nåde, ikke ved mat, som ikke har vært til nytte for dem som er opptatt av dem.
B1930
La eder ikke føre på avveie ved mange forskjellige og fremmede lærdommer! for det er godt at hjertet blir styrket ved nåden, ikke ved mat, som ikke har gagnet dem som gav sig av dermed.

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  • Ephesians 4:14

    Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.

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  • 1 Timothy 6:3–5

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

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  • Ephesians 5:6

    Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

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  • Romans 14:6

    He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

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  • 1 John 4:1

    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.

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  • Acts 20:30

    Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

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  • Romans 16:17–18

    Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.

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  • Matthew 24:4

    Jesus answered, “See to it that no one deceives you.

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