Concerning Self-Deception

²¹ “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.^(A)

¹³ For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous in God’s sight but the doers of the law who will be justified.^(A)

²² But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.^(A)

The Two Foundations

⁴⁶ “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I tell you?^(A)

²⁸ But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”^(A)

¹¹ Later the other young women^[a] came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’^{(A) 12} But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’

⁴⁰ This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.”^(A)

⁵ If you conquer, you will be clothed like them in white robes, and I will not erase your name from the book of life; I will confess your name before my Father and before his angels.^(A)

⁶ Since therefore it remains open for some to enter it and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience,

¹⁶ They profess to know God, but they deny him by their actions; they are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.^(A)