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18 Bible Verses About Removing People From Your Life

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  • Proverbs 13:20 and 1 Corinthians 15:33 say that companions shape a person’s character, and in context Paul’s “bad company” appears to be those in Corinth who denied the resurrection.
  • Abram proposed parting from Lot to end a quarrel between their herders “for we are close relatives” (Genesis 13:8).
  • Paul and Barnabas parted over John Mark (Acts 15:39), and Paul later asked for Mark because “he is helpful to me in my ministry” (2 Timothy 4:11).
  • Matthew 18:15-17 sets out three steps, private, with witnesses, then before the church, before anyone is treated “as you would a pagan or a tax collector.”
  • 1 Corinthians 5:9-11 applies the command not to associate to those who claim to be believers, not to the people of this world.

The Bible has no phrase for removing people from your life, but it does say whom to keep close, when two people may part company, and when a church should stop associating with a member. The main passages are Proverbs 13:20, Genesis 13:8-9 and Matthew 18:15-17. The New Testament commands to “keep away” (Romans 16:17), “have nothing to do with them” (Titus 3:10) and “do not even eat with such people” (1 Corinthians 5:11) are written to churches and their…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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