1 John 2:26
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26 I write these things to you about (A)those who are trying to deceive you.
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2 Peter 2:1-3
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False Prophets and Teachers
2 But (A)false prophets also arose among the people, (B)just as there will be false teachers among you, who will (C)secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master (D)who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth (E)will be blasphemed. 3 And (F)in their greed they will exploit you (G)with false words. (H)Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
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2 John 7
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7 For (A)many deceivers (B)have gone out into the world, (C)those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
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1 John 3:7
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7 Little children, (A)let no one deceive you. (B)Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
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Acts 20:29-30
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29 I (A)know that after my departure (B)fierce wolves will come in among you, (C)not sparing the flock; 30 and (D)from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.
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Mark 13:22
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22 (A)For false christs and false prophets will arise and (B)perform signs and wonders, (C)to lead astray, if possible, (D)the elect.
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Colossians 2:8
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8 See to it that no one takes you captive by (A)philosophy and (B)empty deceit, according to (C)human tradition, according to the (D)elemental spirits[a] of the world, and not according to Christ.
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- Colossians 2:8 Or elementary principles; also verse 20
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
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13 For such men are (A)false apostles, (B)deceitful workmen, (C)disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as (D)an angel of light. 15 So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as (E)servants of righteousness. (F)Their end will correspond to their deeds.
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1 Timothy 4:1
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Some Will Depart from the Faith
4 Now (A)the Spirit expressly says that (B)in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to (C)deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,
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Proverbs 12:26
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26 One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor,[a]
but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
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- Proverbs 12:26 Or The righteous chooses his friends carefully
2 Timothy 3:13
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13 while (A)evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and (B)being deceived.
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Colossians 2:18
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18 Let no one (A)disqualify you, (B)insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, (C)going on in detail about visions,[a] (D)puffed up without reason by (E)his sensuous mind,
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- Colossians 2:18 Or about the things he has seen
Ezekiel 13:10
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10 Precisely because they have misled my people, (A)saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because, when the people build a wall, (B)these prophets smear it with whitewash,[a]
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- Ezekiel 13:10 Or plaster; also verses 11, 14, 15
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