24 For (A)false christs and (B)false prophets will arise and (C)perform great signs and wonders, (D)so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

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24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders(A) to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

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The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan (A)with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for (B)those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore (C)God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe (D)what is false,

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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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11 And many (A)false prophets will arise (B)and lead many astray.

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11 and many false prophets(A) will appear and deceive many people.(B)

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13 (A)It performs great signs, even (B)making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, 14 and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of[a] the beast (C)it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast (D)that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

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  1. Revelation 13:14 Or on behalf of

13 And it performed great signs,(A) even causing fire to come down from heaven(B) to the earth in full view of the people. 14 Because of the signs(C) it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived(D) the inhabitants of the earth.(E) It ordered them to set up an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.(F)

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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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22 For false messiahs and false prophets(A) will appear and perform signs and wonders(B) to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

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False Prophets and Teachers

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. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth (E)will be blasphemed. 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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False Teachers and Their Destruction

But there were also false prophets(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord(C) who bought them(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct(E) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed(F) these teachers will exploit you(G) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

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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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True and False Prophets

15 “Watch out for false prophets.(A) They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.(B)

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20 And the beast was captured, and with it (A)the false prophet (B)who in its presence[a] had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who (C)worshiped its image. These two were (D)thrown alive into the lake of (E)fire that burns with sulfur.

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  1. Revelation 19:20 Or on its behalf

20 But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet(A) who had performed the signs(B) on its behalf.(C) With these signs he had deluded(D) those who had received the mark of the beast(E) and worshiped its image.(F) The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake(G) of burning sulfur.(H)

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28 (A)I give them eternal life, and (B)they will never perish, and (C)no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, (D)who has given them to me,[a] (E)is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of (F)the Father's hand. 30 (G)I and the Father are one.”

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  1. John 10:29 Some manuscripts What my Father has given to me

28 I give them eternal life,(A) and they shall never perish;(B) no one will snatch them out of my hand.(C) 29 My Father, who has given them to me,(D) is greater than all[a];(E) no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”(F)

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  1. John 10:29 Many early manuscripts What my Father has given me is greater than all

13 “If a prophet or (A)a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,

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Worshiping Other Gods

13 [a]If a prophet,(A) or one who foretells by dreams,(B) appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder,

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  1. Deuteronomy 13:1 In Hebrew texts 13:1-18 is numbered 13:2-19.

17 You therefore, beloved, (A)knowing this beforehand, (B)take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.

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17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard(A) so that you may not be carried away by the error(B) of the lawless(C) and fall from your secure position.(D)

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37 (A)All that (B)the Father gives me will come to me, and (C)whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

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37 All those the Father gives me(A) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.

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Also it was allowed (A)to make war on the saints and to conquer them.[a] And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, and all (B)who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in (C)the book of life of (D)the Lamb (E)who was slain.

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  1. Revelation 13:7 Some manuscripts omit this sentence

It was given power to wage war(A) against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.(B) All inhabitants of the earth(C) will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life,(D) the Lamb(E) who was slain from the creation of the world.[a](F)

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  1. Revelation 13:8 Or written from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was slain