James 1:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gal 6:7 : 7 Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,
  • Jas 1:19 : 19 Living Out the Message Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
  • Phil 2:12 : 12 Lights in the World So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence,
  • Phil 4:1 : 1 Christian Practices So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!
  • Col 2:4 : 4 I say this so that no one will deceive you through arguments that sound reasonable.
  • Col 2:8 : 8 Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
  • 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.
  • Heb 13:1 : 1 Final Exhortations Brotherly love must continue.
  • Matt 22:29 : 29 Jesus answered them,“You are deceived, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God.
  • Mark 12:24 : 24 Jesus said to them,“Aren’t you deceived for this reason, because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God?
  • Mark 12:27 : 27 He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
  • 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,

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