1 Timothy 5:15

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For some have already wandered away to follow Satan.

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  • 2 Pet 2:2 : 2 And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.
  • Jude 1:4-5 : 4 For certain men have secretly slipped in among you– men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe– ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. 5 Now I desire to remind you(even though you have been fully informed of these facts once for all) that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, later destroyed those who did not believe.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 So that huge dragon– the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world– was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.
  • 2 Pet 2:20-22 : 20 For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first. 21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them. 22 They are illustrations of this true proverb:“A dog returns to its own vomit,” and“A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire.”
  • 2 Pet 3:16 : 16 speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures.
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then Jesus said to him,“Go away, Satan! For it is written:‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”
  • Phil 3:18-19 : 18 For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.
  • 1 Tim 1:20 : 20 Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
  • 2 Tim 1:15 : 15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
  • 2 Tim 2:18 : 18 They have strayed from the truth by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.
  • 2 Tim 4:10 : 10 For Demas deserted me, since he loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia.
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.

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  • 1 Tim 5:11-14
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    11But do not accept younger widows on the list, because their passions may lead them away from Christ and they will desire to marry,

    12and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge.

    13And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.

    14So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us.

  • 1 Tim 4:1
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    1Timothy’s Ministry in the Later Times Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings,

  • 1 Cor 5:5
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    5hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 5:16
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    16If a believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need.

  • 1 Tim 1:19-20
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    19To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.

    20Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

  • 2 Tim 3:5-6
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    5They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these.

    6For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions.

  • 1 Tim 1:6
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    6Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion.

  • Titus 2:5
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    5to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.

  • 2 Cor 11:13-14
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    13For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

    14And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

  • 2 Tim 2:18
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    18They have strayed from the truth by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.

  • 2 Tim 2:26
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    26and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held captive to do his will.

  • 1 Tim 3:6-7
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    6He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact.

    7And he must be well thought of by those outside the faith, so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil’s trap.

  • 2 Pet 2:2
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    2And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.

  • 1 Cor 7:5
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    5Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.

  • Acts 20:30
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    30Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.

  • 1 Tim 5:9
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    9No widow should be put on the list unless she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband,

  • 1 Pet 5:8-9
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    8Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.

    9Resist him, strong in your faith, because you know that your brothers and sisters throughout the world are enduring the same kinds of suffering.

  • Luke 11:15
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    15But some of them said,“By the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he casts out demons!”

  • 1 Tim 5:24
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    24The sins of some people are obvious, going before them into judgment, but for others, they show up later.

  • Jas 5:19
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    19My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

  • Mark 4:15
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    15These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them.

  • Rom 1:25-26
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    25They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

    26For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones,

  • 2 Pet 2:15
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    15By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

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

  • Jude 1:19
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    19These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

  • 1 Cor 7:35
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    35I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord.

  • 1 John 2:19
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    19They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.

  • 1 Cor 5:1
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    1Church Discipline It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father’s wife.

  • 1 Tim 2:14-15
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    14And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she was fully deceived, fell into transgression.

    15But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control.

  • 1 Tim 5:3
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    3Honor widows who are truly in need.

  • Num 5:20
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    20But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you….”

  • Jude 1:4
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    4For certain men have secretly slipped in among you– men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe– ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

  • 1 John 2:26
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    26These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you.

  • 2 Tim 4:4
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    4And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.

  • Prov 2:15
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    15whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;

  • Luke 22:31
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    31“Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat,

  • Gal 5:20
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    20idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions,

  • Matt 16:23
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    23But he turned and said to Peter,“Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”

  • Rom 16:17
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    17Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them!

  • 2 Tim 3:13
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    13But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.