{"id":498,"date":"2009-03-14T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2009-03-14T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1002things.com\/?p=498"},"modified":"2022-04-03T15:45:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T21:45:55","slug":"romans-1617-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=498","title":{"rendered":"Romans 16:17-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em><span class=\"text Rom-16-17\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17\u00a0<\/sup>Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><em><span id=\"en-NKJV-28355\" class=\"text Rom-16-18\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><sup class=\"versenum\">18\u00a0<\/sup>For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3>note \u2014 not excommunication, but dissociation<\/h3>\n<h3>avoid \u2014 refuse to serve<\/h3>\n<h3>own belly \u2014 own base interest<\/h3>\n<h3>smooth = insinuating<\/h3>\n<h3>flattering \u2014 with the appearance of reasonableness<\/h3>\n<h3>simple \u2014 not expecting evil. Safety lies in knowledge of, and adherence to the Word of God.<\/h3>\n<h3>divisions \u2014 arguments over doctrine<\/h3>\n<h3>offenses \u2014 stumbling blocks<\/h3>\n<h3>Don&#8217;t argue \u2014 avoid.<\/h3>\n<h3>If possible, seek unity <strong><u>and<\/u><\/strong> truth. If that&#8217;s not possible, hold to truth.<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=6209\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">2 Thessalonians 3:14<\/span><\/a> \u2014 <em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17\u00a0Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them. 18\u00a0For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=498\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verse-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=498"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6775,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions\/6775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}