A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. We must add knowledge to our our faith and virtue so that we can be renewed in the image of Jesus; outwit Satan; and overcome controversy.
8. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of
the surpassing worth of knowing Christ
Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered
the loss of all things and count them as
rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Philippians 3:8
9. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of
the surpassing worth of knowing Christ
Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered
the loss of all things and count them as
rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
Philippians 3:8
10. For this very reason, make every effort to
supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue
with knowledge,
2 Peter 1:5
13. and have put on the new
self, which is being
renewed in knowledge
after the image of its
creator.
Colossians 3:10
Renewed in His Image
14. For if, after they have escaped the
deļ¬lements of the world through
the knowledge of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ, they are again
entangled in them and overcome,
the last state has become worse
for them than the ļ¬rst.
2 Peter 2:20
Renewed in His Image
15. His divine power has
granted to us all things that
pertain to life and godliness,
through the knowledge of
him who called us to his own
glory and excellence,
2 Peter 1:3
Renewed in His Image
16. And it is my prayer that your love
may abound more and more, with
knowledge and all discernment, so
that you may approve what is
excellent, and so be pure and
blameless for the day of Christ,
ļ¬lled with the fruit of righteousness
that comes through Jesus Christ, to
the glory and praise of God.
Philippians 1:9-11
Renewed in His Image
17. For if these qualities are
yours and are increasing,
they keep you from being
ineffective or unfruitful in
the knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:8
Renewed in His Image
18. until we all attain to the
unity of the faith and of the
knowledge of the Son of
God, to mature manhood, to
the measure of the stature
of the fullness of Christ,
Ephesians 4:13
Renewed in His Image
19. But grow in the grace and
knowledge of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:18
Renewed in His Image
21. Outwitting Satan
so that we would not be outwitted by Satan;
for we are not ignorant of his designs
2 Corinthians 2:11
22. Outwitting Satan
Now concerning food offered to idols: we
know that āall of us possess knowledge.ā
This āknowledgeā puffs up, but love builds up.
1 Corinthians 8:1
25. Overcoming Controversies
Woe to you lawyers! For you have
taken away the key of knowledge.
You did not enter
yourselves, and you
hindered those who
were entering.ā
Luke 11:52
26. Overcoming Controversies
There are some things in them
that are hard to understand,
which the ignorant and
unstable twist to their
own destruction, as
they do the other
Scriptures.
2 Peter 3:16
27. Overcoming Controversies
We destroy arguments and every
lofty opinion raised against the
knowledge of God, and
take every thought
captive to obey Christ,
2 Corinthians 10:5
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