2 Corinthians 11:14

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

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  • Gal 1:8 : 8 But even if we(or an angel from heaven) should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell!
  • 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 Cor 2:11 : 11 so that we may not be exploited by Satan(for we are not ignorant of his schemes).
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
  • Gen 3:1-5 : 1 The Temptation and the Fall Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman,“Is it really true that God said,‘You must not eat from any tree of the orchard’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent,“We may eat of the fruit from the trees of the orchard; 3 but concerning the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the orchard God said,‘You must not eat from it, and you must not touch it, or else you will die.’” 4 The serpent said to the woman,“Surely you will not die, 5 for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
  • Matt 4:1-9 : 1 The Temptation of Jesus Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished. 3 The tempter came and said to him,“If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread.” 4 But he answered,“It is written,‘Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” 5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the highest point of the temple, 6 and said to him,“If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written,‘He will command his angels concerning you’ and‘with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’” 7 Jesus said to him,“Once again it is written:‘You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.’” 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur. 9 And he said to him,“I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me.” 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.’”

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  • 15 Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions.

  • 13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

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    9 The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

    10 and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.

    11 Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.

  • 4 among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

  • 11 so that we may not be exploited by Satan(for we are not ignorant of his schemes).

  • 14 For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the earth to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful.

  • 18 So he said to them,“I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

  • Eph 6:11-12
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    11 Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

    12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

  • 11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs.

  • Gal 1:6-8
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    6 Occasion of the Letter I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel–

    7 not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.

    8 But even if we(or an angel from heaven) should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell!

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

  • 2 Cor 11:3-4
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    3 But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

    4 For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!

  • 18 Let no one who delights in false humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.

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    18 So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

    19 Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

  • 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.

  • 15 For some have already wandered away to follow Satan.

  • 35 Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.

  • 23 So he called them and spoke to them in parables:“How can Satan cast out Satan?

  • Rev 13:13-14
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    13 He performed momentous signs, even making fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people

    14 and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.

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    3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

    4 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God’s temple, displaying himself as God.

  • 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

  • 10 and said,“You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness– will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?

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

  • 1 Timothy’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,

  • 2 Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God– what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.

  • 26 So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

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    21 Then if anyone says to you,‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe him.

    22 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, the elect.

  • 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.

  • 6 For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

  • Luke 4:5-6
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    5 Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world.

    6 And he said to him,“To you I will grant this whole realm– and the glory that goes along with it, for it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.

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

  • 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world, people who do not confess Jesus as Christ coming in the flesh. This person is the deceiver and the antichrist!

  • 8 The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.

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

  • 1 Satan’s Additional Charge Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also arrived among them to present himself before the LORD.

  • Matt 4:8-9
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    8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur.

    9 And he said to him,“I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me.”

  • 11 yet even angels, who are much more powerful, do not bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord.

  • 14 Unequal Partners Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?