Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and n
Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching yo
Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets hav
Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You
But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the win
For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before Go
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly
I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that
For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselv
By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of fait
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
and many false prophets will arise and deceive many.
They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and l
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are
Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had t
Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed fr
I have written these things to you about those who are trying to deceive you.
I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different g
and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On th
As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wildernes
I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your sim
See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of hea
Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an
You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us.
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false won
Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudd
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from
Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.
You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.