So if a schoolmate tries to convince you that living by Bible standards is old - fashioned, or if a neighbor tends to influence you to adopt a materialistic attitude, or if a coworker subtly pressures you to violate your Bible - trained conscience, or even if a fellow believer voices critical, negative comments about others in the congregation based on his own opinion, do not just absorb what they say.
प्रेरित यूहन्‍ना ने आग्रह किया: “हे प्रियो, हर एक आत्मा की प्रतीति न करो: बरन आत्माओं को परखो, कि वे परमेश्‍वर की ओर से हैं कि नहीं । ”