1 John 2:26

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

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  • 2 John 1:7 : 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world—those who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
  • 1 John 3:7 : 7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.
  • Prov 12:26 : 26 The righteous choose their companions wisely, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
  • Ezek 13:10 : 10 Because they have misled my people by saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because when a flimsy wall is built, they plaster it over with whitewash,
  • Mark 13:22 : 22 For false messiahs and false prophets will rise and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
  • Acts 20:29-30 : 29 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. 30 Even from among your own group, men will rise up, speaking twisted things to draw away the disciples to follow them.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for Satan 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 according to their deeds.
  • Col 2:8 : 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit, based on human tradition and the elemental principles of the world rather than on Christ.
  • Col 2:18 : 18 Let no one disqualify you by delighting in false humility and the worship of angels, dwelling on things he has not seen, being puffed up without reason by his fleshly mind.
  • 1 Tim 4:1 : 1 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons.
  • 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
  • 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But just as there were false prophets among the people, there will also be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. 2 Many will follow their destructive ways, and because of them, the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 In their greed, they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

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  • 1 John 2:27-28
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    27As for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about all things—and it is true and not a lie—just as it has taught you, remain in Him.

    28And now, dear children, remain in Him, so that when He appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

  • Col 2:4
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    4I say this so that no one may deceive you with persuasive arguments.

  • 1 John 2:19-21
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    19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their going out showed that none of them belonged to us.

    20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

    21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

  • 2 Tim 3:13-14
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    13But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

    14But you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you have learned it.

  • 2 Pet 3:16-17
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    16As he does in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. In them, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

    17Therefore, beloved, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of lawless people and fall from your own steadfastness.

  • 1 Tim 4:1
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    1Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons.

  • 2 John 1:7-8
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    7For many deceivers have gone out into the world—those who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

    8Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.

  • 2 Pet 2:18-19
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    18For they utter arrogant, empty words and entice those who are barely escaping from others living in error, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh and by debauchery.

    19They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption, for a person is a slave to whatever has mastered them.

  • 1 John 2:13-15
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    13I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.

    14I am writing to you, dear children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the Word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them.

  • 2 Tim 3:6
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    6They are the kind who creep into homes and capture weak-willed women who are burdened with sins and led astray by various desires.

  • 2 Pet 2:1-3
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    1But just as there were false prophets among the people, there will also be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

    2Many will follow their destructive ways, and because of them, the way of truth will be blasphemed.

    3In their greed, they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

  • Jude 1:17-19
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    17But you, beloved, remember the words that were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    18They said to you, 'In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.'

    19These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

  • 1 John 2:24-25
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    24As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

    25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

  • Gal 1:7
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    7not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are troubling you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 11:3
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    3But I am afraid that, just as the serpent deceived Eve by its cunning, your minds may be led astray from sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

  • 2 Pet 3:2
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    2to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior communicated through your apostles.

  • 2 Thess 2:2-3
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    2not to be quickly shaken in mind or disturbed, either by a spirit, a message, or a letter seeming to come from us, claiming that the day of the Lord has already come.

    3Let no one deceive you in any way. That day will not come unless the rebellion takes place first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed—the son of destruction.

  • Eph 5:6
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    6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

  • John 16:1
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    1I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.

  • Rev 2:20
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    20But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching, she misleads my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

  • Rom 16:17
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    17Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.

  • 1 Tim 1:6
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    6Some have departed from these and turned aside to meaningless talk.

  • Acts 20:30
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    30Even from among your own group, men will rise up, speaking twisted things to draw away the disciples to follow them.

  • Gal 5:8
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    8Such persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.

  • Jude 1:4
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    4For certain people have secretly slipped in among you—those who were written about long ago as being destined for this condemnation. They are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into a license for immorality and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Tim 2:14
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    14Keep reminding them of these things, and solemnly warn them before God not to quarrel about words. Such arguments are useless and lead to the ruin of those who listen.

  • 2 Pet 2:14
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    14They have eyes full of adultery, never ceasing from sin. They entice unstable souls and have hearts trained in greed. They are accursed children.

  • 1 Tim 1:3
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    3Just as I urged you to remain in Ephesus when I went to Macedonia, so that you might command certain people not to teach false doctrines,

  • 1 John 2:1
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    1My dear children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

  • 2 Thess 2:10
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    10and with every kind of deceit targeting those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

  • 1 John 1:4
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    4We write these things to you so that your joy may be fully complete.

  • 2 Pet 1:12
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    12Therefore, I will always remind you about these things, even though you already know them and are established in the truth you now have.

  • 2 Thess 2:5
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    5Do you not remember that when I was still with you, I used to tell you these things?

  • 1 Cor 5:9
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    9I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

  • 1 John 5:13
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    13I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know you have eternal life, and so that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.