Reference: Doctrine
Hastings
The only word in the OT that RV as well as AV renders 'doctrine' is leqah = 'instruction,' lit. 'what is received' (De 32:2; Job 11:4; Pr 4:2; Isa 29:24). In the NT 'doctrine' stands once for logos (Heb 6:1 AV; but cf. RV), otherwise for didach
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"Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As the droplets on the fresh grass And as the showers on the herb.
"Those who err in mind will know the truth, And those who criticize will accept instruction.
'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'"
'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'
if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching;
For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
(which all refer to things destined to perish with use)--in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men?