Revelation 2:2
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2 “I know your works, your toil and your endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate evildoers; you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not and have found them to be false.(A)
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1 John 4:1
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Testing the Spirits
4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.(A)
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2 Peter 2:1-3
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False Prophets and Their Punishment
2 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive opinions. They will even deny the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.(A) 2 Even so, many will follow their debaucheries, and because of these teachers[a] the way of truth will be maligned. 3 And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.(B)
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- 2.2 Gk because of them
1 Thessalonians 5:21
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21 but test everything; hold fast to what is good;(A)
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Revelation 3:8
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8 “I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door that no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.(A)
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2 Corinthians 11:13-15
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13 For such boasters are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.(A) 14 And no wonder! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15 So it is not strange if his ministers also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their end will match their deeds.(B)
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Galatians 1:7
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7 not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are confusing you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.(A)
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Revelation 3:15
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15 “I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot.
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1 John 2:21-22
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21 I write to you, not because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and you know that no lie comes from the truth. 22 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ?[a] This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
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- 2.22 Or the Messiah
2 Timothy 2:19
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19 But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.”(A)
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1 Thessalonians 1:3
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3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Psalm 1:6
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6 for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.(A)
Revelation 3:1
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The Message to Sardis
3 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars:
“I know your works; you have a name of being alive, but you are dead.(A)
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Hebrews 6:10
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10 For God is not unjust; he will not overlook your work and the[a] love that you showed for his sake[b] in serving the saints, as you still do.(A)
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Ephesians 4:14
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14 We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming;(A)
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Revelation 2:19-21
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19 “I know your works: your love, faith, service, and endurance. I know that your latest works are greater than the first. 20 But I have this against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet and is teaching and beguiling my servants to engage in sexual immorality[a] and to eat food sacrificed to idols.(A) 21 I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.[b](B)
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Revelation 2:13-15
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13 “I know where you are living, where Satan’s throne is. Yet you are holding fast to my name, and you did not deny your faith in me[a] even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan lives. 14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel, so that they would eat food sacrificed to idols and engage in sexual immorality.[b](A) 15 So you also have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.
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Revelation 2:9
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9 “I know your affliction and your poverty, even though you are rich. I know the slander on the part of those who say that they are Jews and are not but are a synagogue of Satan.(A)
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Revelation 2:6
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6 Yet this is to your credit: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
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Matthew 7:23
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23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; go away from me, you who behave lawlessly.’(A)
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