15 Bible Verses about doctrine, Purpose of

in meekness correcting the adversaries, that God may give them a change of mind to a knowledge of the truth,

Attend to yourself, and to teaching; continue in it, for doing this you will both save yourself and those that hear you.

but these are recorded that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, God was pleased by the foolishness of preaching to save those that believe; and since the Jews seek signs, and the Greeks seek wisdom, we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews indeed an offense, and to the gentiles foolishness,read more.
but to the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and wisdom of God;

and sanctify the anointed Lord in your hearts, and be always ready with a defense to every one that asks you a reason for the hope that is in you; but with meekness and fear, having a good conscience, that in what they speak evil of you they may be ashamed who slander your good conduct in Christ.

But do you continue in what you learned and understood, knowing from whom you learned, and that from a child you have known the sacred Scriptures, which can make you wise to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

that your hearts may be comforted, being united in love and [raised] to all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, in which are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. But I say this that no one may mislead you with persuasive words.

All Scripture is divinely inspired and is profitable for instruction, for conviction, for correction, for education in righteousnes, that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly fitted for every good work.

And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,read more.
that we may be no longer children, driven about like waves and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the art of men, and the craftiness of deceitful wiles,

For every one that partakes of milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe; but solid food is for the perfect, having their perceptive faculties exercised by practice to distinguish both good and evil.

whom we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

holding firmly the faithful word taught, that he may be able both to exhort with sound instruction and to convince those who contradict.

Suggesting these things to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished with the words of the faith and the good instruction which you have followed;

Retain the form of sound words which you heard from me in faith and the love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good trust, through the Holy Spirit which dwells in us.

and what you heard from me through many witnesses, these things commit to faithful men, who shall be competent to teach others also.