False Profits

`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves.

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

for there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and they shall give great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, also the chosen.

And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction,

Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world; — read the full passage →

for those such <FI>are<Fi> false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ, — read the full passage →

`And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray;

for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing,

`Only, the prophet who presumeth to speak a word in My name--that which I have not commanded him to speak--and who speaketh in the name of other gods--even that prophet hath died. — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Ye do not hearken unto the words Of the prophets who are prophesying to you, They are making you vain things, A vision of their own heart they speak, Not from the mouth of Jehovah.

`Only, the prophet who presumeth to speak a word in My name--that which I have not commanded him to speak--and who speaketh in the name of other gods--even that prophet hath died.

And Jehovah saith unto me: Falsehood the prophets are prophesying in My name, I did not send them, nor command them, Nor have I spoken unto them: A false vision, and divination, and vanity, And the deceit of their own heart, they are prophesying to you.

and the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, in which he led astray those who did receive the mark of the beast, and those who did bow before his image; living they were cast--the two--to the lake of the fire, that is burning with brimstone;

for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,

for there shall rise false Christs and false prophets, and they shall give signs and wonders, to seduce, if possible, also the chosen;

`Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you--for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.

and the Devil, who is leading them astray, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where <FI>are<Fi> the beast and the false prophet, and they shall be tormented day and night--to the ages of the ages.

And I call upon you, brethren, to mark those who the divisions and the stumbling-blocks, contrary to the teaching that ye did learn, are causing, and turn ye away from them; — read the full passage →

and in covetousness, with moulded words, of you they shall make merchandise, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction doth not slumber.

for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers--itching in the hearing, — read the full passage →

and he answering said to them--`Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honour Me, and their heart is far from Me; — read the full passage →

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction, — read the full passage →

And its prophets have daubed for them with chalk, Seeing a vain thing, and divining for them a lie, Saying, `Thus said the Lord Jehovah:' And Jehovah hath not spoken.

`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

An astonishing and horrible thing hath been in the land. — read the full passage →

for God is not <FI>a God<Fi> of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

And My hand hath been on the prophets, Who are seeing vanity, and who are divining a lie, In the assembly of My people they are not, And in the writing of the house of Israel they are not written, And unto the ground of Israel they come not, And ye have known that I <FI>am<Fi> the Lord Jehovah.

See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.'

`When there ariseth in your midst a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he hath given unto thee a sign or wonder, — read the full passage →

And Jesus answering said to them, `Take heed that no one may lead you astray, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

for there did come in unobserved certain men, long ago having been written beforehand to this judgment, impious, the grace of our God perverting to lasciviousness, and our only Master, God, and Lord--Jesus Christ--denying,

for those such <FI>are<Fi> false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ,

`But, take heed of the false prophets, who come unto you in sheep's clothing, and inwardly are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction, — read the full passage →

Woe to shepherds destroying, And scattering the flock of My pasture, An affirmation of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

and having gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name <FI>is<Fi> Bar-Jesus;

Thy prophets have seen for thee a false and insipid thing, And have not revealed concerning thine iniquity, To turn back thy captivity, And they see for thee false burdens and causes of expulsion.

and many shall follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of,

`But I have against thee a few things: That thou dost suffer the woman Jezebel, who is calling herself a prophetess, to teach, and to lead astray, my servants to commit whoredom, and idol-sacrifices to eat;

`When there ariseth in your midst a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he hath given unto thee a sign or wonder, — read the full passage →

all things prove; that which is good hold fast;

thou dost not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of the dream, for Jehovah your God is trying you, to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul;

The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved <FI>it<Fi> so, And what do they at its latter end?

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw out of the sea a beast coming up, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads a name of evil speaking, — read the full passage →

and I saw <FI>come<Fi> out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs--

And in prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing, Committing adultery, and walking falsely, Yea, they strengthened the hands of evil doers, So that they have not turned back Each from his wickedness, They have been to me--all of them--as Sodom, And its inhabitants as Gomorrah.

They have seen vanity, and lying divination, Who are saying: An affirmation of Jehovah, And Jehovah hath not sent them, And they have hoped to establish a word.

`Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

I have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be apostles and are not, and hast found them liars,

I wonder that ye are so quickly removed from Him who did call you in the grace of Christ to another good news; — read the full passage →

and it leadeth astray those dwelling on the land, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling upon the land to make an image to the beast that hath the stroke of the sword and did live,

wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such;

`And when thou sayest in thy heart, How do we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? -- — read the full passage →

I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken unto them, and they have prophesied.

Thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried `Peace,' And he who doth not give unto their mouth, They have sanctified against him war.

Simeon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who did obtain a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, `Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'

for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,

`When there ariseth in your midst a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he hath given unto thee a sign or wonder, — read the full passage →

and all the authority of the first beast doth it do before it, and it maketh the land and those dwelling in it that they shall bow before the first beast, whose deadly stroke was healed,

and the great dragon was cast forth--the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world--he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.

having a form of piety, and its power having denied; and from these be turning away,

And in prophets of Samaria I have seen folly, They have prophesied by Baal, And cause my people--Israel--to err.

and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;

Blind <FI>are<Fi> his watchmen--all of them, They have not known, All of them <FI>are<Fi> dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber. — read the full passage →

And I saw another beast coming up out of the land, and it had two horns, like a lamb, and it was speaking as a dragon,

and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness, and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not afraid to speak evil of, — read the full passage →

and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.

And I saw another beast coming up out of the land, and it had two horns, like a lamb, and it was speaking as a dragon, — read the full passage →

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name done many mighty things?

`Judge not, that ye may not be judged, — read the full passage →

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

<FI> him,<Fi> whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders,

And having gone forth, Jesus departed from the temple, and his disciples came near to show him the buildings of the temple, — read the full passage →

Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish.

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens. — read the full passage →

Till when is it in the heart of the prophets? The prophets of falsehood, Yea, prophets of the deceit of their heart,

And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, `Peace, peace!' and there is no peace.

A sectarian man, after a first and second admonition be rejecting, — read the full passage →

that which the prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, and the thing is not, and cometh not--it <FI>is<Fi> the word which Jehovah hath not spoken; in presumption hath the prophet spoken it; --thou art not afraid of him.

The prophets who have been before me, and before thee, from of old, even they prophesy concerning many lands, and concerning great kingdoms, of battle, and of evil, and of pestilence. — read the full passage →

let not any one deceive you in any manner, because--if the falling away may not come first, and the man of sin be revealed--the son of the destruction,

A conspiracy of its prophets <FI>is<Fi> in its midst, as a roaring lion tearing prey; The soul they have devoured, Wealth and glory they have taken, Its widows have multiplied in its midst.

In like manner, nevertheless, those dreaming also the flesh indeed do defile, and lordship they put away, and dignities they speak evil of,

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and I saw out of the sea a beast coming up, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads a name of evil speaking,

who is opposing and is raising himself up above all called God or worshipped, so that he in the sanctuary of God as God hath sat down, shewing himself off that he is God--<FI> the day doth not come<Fi> .

that we may no more be babes, tossed and borne about by every wind of the teaching, in the sleight of men, in craftiness, unto the artifice of leading astray, — read the full passage →

and words as an adversary of the Most High it doth speak, and the saints of the Most High it doth wear out, and it hopeth to change seasons and law; and they are given into its hand, till a time, and times, and a division of a time.

And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the saints, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus, and I did wonder--having seen her--with great wonder;

for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh--lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,

and there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, that also the image of the beast may speak, and <FI>that<Fi> it may cause as many as shall not bow before the image of the beast, that they may be killed.

`I was considering about the horns, and lo, another horn, a little one, hath come up between them, and three of the first horns have been eradicated from before it, and lo, eyes as the eyes of man <FI>are<Fi> in this horn, and a mouth speaking great things.

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber; — read the full passage →

Because of paining the heart of the righteous with falsehood, And I have not pained it, And strengthening the hands of the wicked, So as not to turn back from his evil way, To keep him alive,

Who is the liar, except he who is denying that Jesus is the Christ? this one is the antichrist who is denying the Father and the Son;

And the brethren immediately, through the night, sent forth both Paul and Silas to Berea, who having come, went to the synagogue of the Jews; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →