Revelation 2:2
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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)
2 Peter 2:1-3
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False Teachers and Their Destruction
2 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. 2 Many will follow their depraved conduct(E) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. 3 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.
1 Thessalonians 5:21
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2 Corinthians 11:13-15
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13 For such people are false apostles,(A) deceitful(B) workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.(C) 14 And no wonder, for Satan(D) himself masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.(E)
Galatians 1:7
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7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion(A) and are trying to pervert(B) the gospel of Christ.
Revelation 3:8
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Revelation 3:15
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1 John 2:21-22
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21 I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it(A) and because no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.(B)
2 Timothy 2:19
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19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm,(A) sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,”(B) and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord(C) must turn away from wickedness.”
Psalm 1:6
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Revelation 3:1
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To the Church in Sardis
Footnotes
- Revelation 3:1 Or messenger; also in verses 7 and 14
- Revelation 3:1 That is, the sevenfold Spirit
Revelation 2:6
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6 But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans,(A) which I also hate.
1 Thessalonians 1:3
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3 We remember before our God and Father(A) your work produced by faith,(B) your labor prompted by love,(C) and your endurance inspired by hope(D) in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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)
Revelation 2:19-21
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19 I know your deeds,(A) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.
20 Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel,(B) who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.(C) 21 I have given her time(D) to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling.(E)
Revelation 2:13-15
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13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me,(A) not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,(B) who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.(C)
14 Nevertheless, I have a few things against you:(D) There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam,(E) who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols(F) and committed sexual immorality.(G) 15 Likewise, you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.(H)
Revelation 2:9
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Hebrews 6:10
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10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.(A)
Matthew 7:23
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23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’(A)
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