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Colossians 2:4
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Colossians 2:4
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4 Now this I say (A)lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words.
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Colossians 2:4
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Colossians 2:4
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4 I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.(A)
Ephesians 4:14
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Ephesians 4:14
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14 that we should no longer be (A)children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of (B)deceitful plotting,
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Ephesians 4:14
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Ephesians 4:14
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14 Then we will no longer be infants,(A) tossed back and forth by the waves,(B) and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.(C)
2 John 7
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2 John 7
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Beware of Antichrist Deceivers
7 For (A)many deceivers have gone out into the world (B)who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. (C)This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
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2 John 7
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2 John 7
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7 I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ(A) as coming in the flesh,(B) have gone out into the world.(C) Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.(D)
1 John 4:1
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1 John 4:1
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Love for God and One Another
4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but (A)test the spirits, whether they are of God; because (B)many false prophets have gone out into the world.
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1 John 4:1
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1 John 4:1
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On Denying the Incarnation
4 Dear friends,(A) do not believe every spirit,(B) but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.(C)
Romans 16:18-19
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Romans 16:18-19
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18 For those who are such do not serve our Lord [a]Jesus Christ, but (A)their own belly, and (B)by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple. 19 For (C)your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be (D)wise in what is good, and [b]simple concerning evil.
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- Romans 16:18 NU, M omit Jesus
- Romans 16:19 innocent
Romans 16:18-19
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Romans 16:18-19
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18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ,(A) but their own appetites.(B) By smooth talk and flattery they deceive(C) the minds of naive people. 19 Everyone has heard(D) about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.(E)
Mark 13:22
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Mark 13:22
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22 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show signs and (A)wonders to deceive, if possible, even the [a]elect.
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- Mark 13:22 chosen ones
Mark 13:22
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Mark 13:22
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22 For false messiahs and false prophets(A) will appear and perform signs and wonders(B) to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
Matthew 24:4
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Matthew 24:4
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4 And Jesus answered and said to them: (A)“Take heed that no one deceives you.
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Matthew 24:4
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Matthew 24:4
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4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you.(A)
Revelation 20:8
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Revelation 20:8
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8 and will go out (A)to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, (B)Gog and Magog, (C)to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.
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Titus 1:10-11
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Titus 1:10-11
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The Elders’ Task
10 For there are many insubordinate, both idle (A)talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, (B)for the sake of dishonest gain.
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Titus 1:10-11
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Titus 1:10-11
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Rebuking Those Who Fail to Do Good
10 For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk(A) and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.(B) 11 They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households(C) by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
2 Timothy 3:13
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2 Timothy 3:13
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13 (A)But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
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2 Timothy 3:13
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2 Timothy 3:13
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2 Timothy 2:16
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2 Timothy 2:16
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16 But shun profane and [a]idle babblings, for they will [b]increase to more ungodliness.
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- 2 Timothy 2:16 empty chatter
- 2 Timothy 2:16 lead
2 Timothy 2:16
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2 Timothy 2:16
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16 Avoid godless chatter,(A) because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.
1 Timothy 4:1-2
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1 Timothy 4:1-2
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The Great Apostasy
4 Now the Spirit [a]expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed (A)to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 (B)speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience (C)seared with a hot iron,
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- 1 Timothy 4:1 explicitly
1 Timothy 4:1-2
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1 Timothy 4:1-2
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4 The Spirit(A) clearly says that in later times(B) some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits(C) and things taught by demons. 2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.(D)
2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
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9 The coming of the lawless one is (A)according to the working of Satan, with all power, (B)signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among (C)those who perish, because they did not receive (D)the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And (E)for this reason God will send them strong delusion, (F)that they should believe the lie,
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
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2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
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9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan(A) works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders(B) that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.(C) They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(D) 11 For this reason God sends them(E) a powerful delusion(F) so that they will believe the lie(G)
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