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God warns us against snobbery together with bigotry, things based on externals.
But He warns us to avoid people amongst bad character:
1. Bad influences (1 Corinthians 15:33).
"Do non survive misled: 'Bad fellowship corrupts expert character.'"
2. False teachers (2 John 1:10).
"If anyone comes to you lot together with does non convey this teaching, produce non cause got them into your household or welcome them."
3. Professing Christians amongst sinful lifestyles (1 Corinthians 5:11).
"You must non associate amongst anyone who claims to survive a blood brother or sis simply is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler."
4. Divisive people (Titus 3:10-11).
"If people are causing divisions amid you, give a starting fourth dimension together with 2nd warning. After that, cause got zip to a greater extent than to produce amongst them...."
We shouldn't avoid unbelievers (1 Corinthians 5:9-11), simply neither should nosotros partner amongst them (2 Corinthians 6:14).
"Do non survive yoked together amongst unbelievers. For what produce righteousness together with wickedness cause got inwards common? Or what fellowship tin calorie-free cause got amongst darkness?"
Let's take away heed these warnings.
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Note: God has given us specific instructions to accolade our parents. We demand non observe their lifestyle choices or closely associate amongst them if they are immoral, simply nosotros must exhibit them observe out of our beloved for God together with His commands. For to a greater extent than on this subject: Let's Grow Up!
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