Matthew 12:44
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44 Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ When it returns, it finds it empty, swept, and put in order.
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1 John 4:4
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4 Little children, you are from God and have conquered them, for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
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Revelation 13:8-9
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8 and all the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered.[a](A)
9 Let anyone who has an ear listen:
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- 13.8 Or written in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered from the foundation of the world
Jude 4-5
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4 For certain intruders have stolen in among you, people who long ago were designated for this condemnation as ungodly, who pervert the grace of our God into debauchery and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.[a](A)
Judgment on False Teachers
5 Now I desire to remind you, though you are fully informed, once and for all, that Jesus, who saved[b] a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.(B)
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1 John 2:19
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19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us, for if they had belonged to us they would have remained[a] with us. But by going out they made it plain that none of them belongs to us.(A)
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- 2.19 Or abided
1 Corinthians 11:19
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19 Indeed, there have to be factions among you, for only so will it become clear who among you are genuine.(A)
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Psalm 81:11-12
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11 “But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel would not submit to me.(A)
12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts,
to follow their own counsels.(B)
1 Timothy 6:9-10
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9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.(A) 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
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1 Timothy 6:4-5
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4 is conceited, understanding nothing, and has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words. From these come envy, dissension, slander, base suspicions,(A) 5 and wrangling among those who are depraved in mind and bereft of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.[a](B)
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- 6.5 Other ancient authorities add Withdraw yourself from such people
2 Thessalonians 2:9-12
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9 The coming of the lawless one is apparent in the working of Satan, who uses all power, signs, lying wonders,(A) 10 and every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(B) 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion, leading them to believe what is false,(C) 12 so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.(D)
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Ephesians 2:2
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2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world,[a] following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient.[b](A)
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Acts 5:1-3
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Ananias and Sapphira
5 But a man named Ananias, with the consent of his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property; 2 with his wife’s knowledge, he kept back some of the proceeds and brought only a part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.(A) 3 “Ananias,” Peter asked, “why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the proceeds of the land?(B)
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John 13:27
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27 After he received the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “Do quickly what you are going to do.”(A)
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