Colossians 2:18

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and t

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets hav

Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and the

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently a

Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teac

And I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at th

For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever

But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that

I press on toward the goal to win the prize of God’s heavenly calling in Christ Jesus.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedien

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such p

I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your sim

Of David. I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.

For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of th

And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones,

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing.

I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.

Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended

Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, tel

Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that

And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the w

For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there m

“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?

So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers

I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.

The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,

What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. H

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the pr

for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walkin

Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed ch

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the h