KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger

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KJV

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1Cor. 14:6 ICor. 14:26 I Tim.1:10 I Tim. 4:13 I Tim.4:16 I Tim.5:17 2 Tim.3:10 2 Tim.3:16 2 John 1:9

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Rev. 2:14, 15, 24

The Apostle Paul foresaw this drift toward 'teachings' and

disdain for doctrine:

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers. . .II Timothy 4:3

He knew that as mortar, 'teachings' were tenuous, as Webster writes, merely, "that which is taught." But doctrine is tenacious, "accepted as authoritative. . .dogmas that are true and beyond dispute." Religious historian David L. Johnson observes, "Doctrine specifically states that which is of ultimate concern."62 Another scholar sees the distinction between 'doctrine' and 'teaching' as a tactic in our defense.

Our plan of action requires. . .sound doctrine. [I]t is the formal basis of our opinions and beliefs. If we do not maintain good doctrine then all manner of bad teaching can creep into the church .63

The word 'doctrine' has a particularly 'Christian' tone, since Christianity is perhaps the only world religion that is dogmatic, not allowing for the truthfulness of any other religion. It is in that sense that Karl Rengstorf, renowned Greek scholar and author of the definitive treatise on the Greek words didaskalia or didache, points to their translation in the English New Testament as the word 'doctrine' since it: