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Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."
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Forsake Foolish Company
Commentators stress that spiritual life requires a decisive break from "the foolish." This refers not to people of low intellect, but to those who are "wickedly foolish"—who mock sin and true religion. Scholars warn that trying to reform them through association is more likely to corrupt you. This separation is a necessary first step to enjoying a holy life.
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19th Century
Anglican
Forsake the foolish. —Rather, the simple; be no longer counted among the weak, who can be carried about with…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Forsake the foolish Foolish men and their company; not men of weak abilities in things natural and civil, or who are reckoned …
Presbyterian
Christ has prepared ordinances to which his people are admitted, and by which nourishment is given here to those who believe in him, as well as man…