2 Timothy 2:15
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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Jesus, when He was praying for us to the Father, made the statement that “Thy word is truth”. {Jn.17:17} The danger is that the devil, who is a liar by nature and has no creative power at all, only has one way to work his evil—and that is to corrupt the truth.

I often use this example of how that can work: The Bible quite clearly says that 'there is no God' twice that I can think of right off the bat! That statement is wrongly, not rightly, divided, because what it actually says when ‘undivided’ is, “The fool has said in his heart there is no God, they are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; There is no one who does good.” {Ps.53:1} That is very much the same as it says in Psalm 14:1
 
In American law when testifying before the court, you are told that the obligation is to speak the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. As Jesus was speaking to Nicodemus in one of the single most important passages in the Word, {Jn.3:3,5,11} He repeatedly said, 'Truly, truly, I say to you...' We have been commanded by God to 'speak the truth in love' as the apostle Paul wrote to the Ephesians. {Eph.4:15} And of course that requires that it must be the whole truth!
 
It is unfortunately all too true that in these perilous last days it has become very common for some people to preach or teach a divided word to other people. They are those imposters who Paul warned about who were deceiving and being deceived. {2Tim.3:13} Speaking words designed and crafted to, either consciously or unconsciously, tickle the ears of the hearers and lead them astray from the pure and true promises of God. There are for sure even today some like the Pharisees John spoke of who loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God. {Jn.12:42-43}

Jesus had said that we are to see that no one misleads us {Mat.24:4} followed later by Peter warning all those who have received a faith of the same kind as his, then and now, to be on guard and not be misled so that we are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men. {2Pt.3:17}

Paul also wrote that we are to put on the whole armor of God {Eph.6:11-17} and as Jesus instructed we need to abide in His Word so we will know the truth. {Jn.8:31-32} We have to be on the alert, standing firm in the faith, acting like men, being strong. {1Cor.16:13}
 
“But thanks be to God, who always leads us in His triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place. For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing” (2 Corinthians 2:14-15)
 
TEST EVERYTHING BY THE WORD OF GOD