"DON'T KEEP"! Jesus prayed; John 17:15; I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. v16; They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. When you Keep Company, you wind up keeping something from the company you kept! 1 Corinthians 5:11; But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. Now, let's get an understanding of what we are talking about. You can be around them but don't you keep what they have. You don't eat that! Jesus told Satan; Matthew 4:4; It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. He didn't keep company with him! "DON'T KEEP"! When you don't keep company you; Colossians 2:20; Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, v21; (Touch not; taste not; handle not; v22; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? Daniel didn't keep company; Daniel 1:8; But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. "DON'T KEEP"! Simple solution to DON'T KEEP"! James 4:7; Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. You will be in contact with these type of people. But hold your ground. Paul said; Galatians 4:12; Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. "DON'T KEEP"! Mary didn't keep Martha's company! Luke 10:39; And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. v40; But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. v41; Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: v42; But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. "DON'T KEEP"! Proverbs 24:1; Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them."DON'T KEEP"! v10; If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. "DON'T KEEP"! 1 Corinthians 5:8; Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Teaching! Overseer/Apostle