2 Peter 2:1
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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.
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Matthew 7:15
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A Tree and Its Fruit
15 (A)“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are (B)ravenous wolves.
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Deuteronomy 13:1-3
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13 “If a prophet or (A)a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 and (B)the sign or wonder that he tells you comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us go after other gods,’ which you have not known, ‘and let us serve them,’ 3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God (C)is testing you, to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
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2 Peter 2:3
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3 And (A)in their greed they will exploit you (B)with false words. (C)Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
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2 Timothy 4:3
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3 (A)For the time is coming when people will not endure (B)sound[a] teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,
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- 2 Timothy 4:3 Or healthy
Matthew 24:11
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11 And many (A)false prophets will arise (B)and lead many astray.
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Galatians 2:4
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4 (A)Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who (B)slipped in to spy out (C)our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, (D)so that they might bring us into slavery—
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1 Corinthians 11:19
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19 for (A)there must be factions among you in order (B)that those who are genuine among you may be recognized.
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1 John 2:18-19
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Warning Concerning Antichrists
18 Children, (A)it is the last hour, and as you have heard that (B)antichrist is coming, so now (C)many antichrists have come. (D)Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 19 (E)They went out from us, but they were not of us; for (F)if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, (G)that it might become plain that they all are not of us.
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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
Titus 3:10
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10 As for a person who stirs up division, (A)after warning him once and then twice, (B)have nothing more to do with him,
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Titus 1:11
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11 They must be silenced, since (A)they are upsetting whole families by teaching (B)for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
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Philippians 3:19
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19 (A)Their end is destruction, (B)their god is their belly, and (C)they glory in their shame, with (D)minds set on earthly things.
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1 Corinthians 6:20
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20 (A)for you were bought with a price. (B)So glorify God in your body.
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Revelation 5:9
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9 And they sang (A)a new song, saying,
“Worthy are you to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
for (B)you were slain, and by your blood (C)you ransomed people for God
from (D)every tribe and language and people and nation,
Revelation 2:9
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9 “‘I know your tribulation and (A)your poverty ((B)but you are rich) and the slander[a] of (C)those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
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- Revelation 2:9 Greek blasphemy
Hebrews 10:29
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29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one (A)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned (B)the blood of the covenant (C)by which he was sanctified, and has (D)outraged the Spirit of grace?
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1 Timothy 4:1-3
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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, 2 through the insincerity of (D)liars whose consciences are seared, 3 (E)who forbid marriage and (F)require abstinence from foods (G)that God created (H)to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
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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
Ephesians 4:14
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14 so that we may no longer be children, (A)tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in (B)deceitful schemes.
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Acts 20:28-30
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28 (A)Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all (B)the flock, in which (C)the Holy Spirit has made you (D)overseers, (E)to care for (F)the church of God,[a] which he (G)obtained (H)with his own blood.[b] 29 I (I)know that after my departure (J)fierce wolves will come in among you, (K)not sparing the flock; 30 and (L)from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them.
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- Acts 20:28 Some manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his Own
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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Matthew 10:33
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33 but (A)whoever denies me before men, (B)I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
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