And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you.
the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the rock badgers.
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed from the law; and if you are sure that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of children, having in the law the embodiment of knowledge and truth— you then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
They die in youth, and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.
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