Anyone who welcomes them shares in their wicked work — to provide hospitality, provisions, or credibility to false teachers makes the host complicit in their deceptive ministry and accountable for the souls they mislead. The concept of 'sharing in their wicked work' (koinōneō tois ergois tois ponērois autōn) extends culpability beyond active promotion to passive enablement, suggesting that neutrality in the face of heresy is impossible—there is no standing apart from truth and falsehood. This teaching establishes a principle that community boundaries protect doctrinal integrity and that hospitality itself becomes an arena of witness.

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