1 John 2:19
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19 These people left our churches, but they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left, it proved that they did not belong with us.
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Acts 20:30
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30 Even some men from your own group will rise up and distort the truth in order to draw a following.
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1 Corinthians 11:19
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19 But, of course, there must be divisions among you so that you who have God’s approval will be recognized!
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Jude 19
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19 These people are the ones who are creating divisions among you. They follow their natural instincts because they do not have God’s Spirit in them.
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Luke 8:13
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13 The seeds on the rocky soil represent those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But since they don’t have deep roots, they believe for a while, then they fall away when they face temptation.
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Matthew 24:24
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24 For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones.
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Matthew 13:20-21
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20 The seed on the rocky soil represents those who hear the message and immediately receive it with joy. 21 But since they don’t have deep roots, they don’t last long. They fall away as soon as they have problems or are persecuted for believing God’s word.
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Acts 15:24
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24 “We understand that some men from here have troubled you and upset you with their teaching, but we did not send them!
Mark 13:22
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22 For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones.
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Deuteronomy 13:13
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13 that scoundrels among you are leading their fellow citizens astray by saying, ‘Let us go worship other gods’—gods you have not known before.
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2 Peter 2:20-21
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20 And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before. 21 It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life.
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Mark 4:5-6
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5 Other seed fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The seed sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow. 6 But the plant soon wilted under the hot sun, and since it didn’t have deep roots, it died.
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Job 17:9
New Living Translation
9 The righteous keep moving forward,
and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.
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