Topic
Heresy
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But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed. — read the full passage →
But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. — read the full passage →
Avoid a factious man after a first and second warning;
Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different “good news”, which you did not accept, you put up with that well enough.
and there isn’t another “good news.” Only there are some who trouble you, and want to pervert the Good News of Christ.
If anyone comes to you, and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive him into your house, and don’t welcome him,
for he who welcomes him participates in his evil works.
Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →
Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, ‘You must be circumcised and keep the law,’ to whom we gave no commandment;
forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrongdoing;
but you shall surely kill him. Your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people.
Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. — read the full passage →
This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage;
But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;
For we have found this man to be a plague, an instigator of insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”
But we desire to hear from you what you think. For, as concerning this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.”
But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →
Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
Does a spring send out from the same opening fresh and bitter water? — read the full passage →
For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Avoid a factious man after a first and second warning; — read the full passage →
Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. — read the full passage →
having known me from the first, if they are willing to testify, that after the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected Yahweh’s word, he has also rejected you from being king.”
whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake. — read the full passage →
For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.
For there will arise false christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, that they may lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:
But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles. — read the full passage →
You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises in your midst you, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, — read the full passage →
See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him. — read the full passage →
For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →
But in giving you this command, I don’t praise you, that you come together not for the better but for the worse. — read the full passage →
After five days, the high priest, Ananias, came down with certain elders and an orator, one Tertullus. They informed the governor against Paul. — read the full passage →
The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. — read the full passage →
If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us. — read the full passage →
Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me. — read the full passage →
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →
When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,
Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. — read the full passage →
Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts. — read the full passage →
“‘If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn’t report it, then he shall bear his iniquity. — read the full passage →
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.
“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lamp stands says these things: — read the full passage →
This is now, beloved, the second letter that I have written to you; and in both of them I stir up your sincere mind by reminding you; — read the full passage →
But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. — read the full passage →
Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you — read the full passage →
For you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain, — read the full passage →
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →
that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; — read the full passage →
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,
that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes. — read the full passage →
While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper country, came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples. — read the full passage →
Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles. — read the full passage →
Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles. — read the full passage →
He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come! — read the full passage →
Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.” — read the full passage →
For everything spoken by God is possible.”
He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country. — read the full passage →
Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he doesn’t turn from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul. — read the full passage →
Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me. — read the full passage →
Then Yahweh said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I didn’t send them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I to them: they prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart. — read the full passage →
Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around; — read the full passage →
Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored. — read the full passage →
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs. — read the full passage →
He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out. — read the full passage →
Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. To you shall vows be performed. — read the full passage →
Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering. — read the full passage →
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →
“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.
If anyone comes to you, and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive him into your house, and don’t welcome him, — read the full passage →
Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him. — read the full passage →
holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict those who contradict him.
Don’t receive an accusation against an elder, except at the word of two or three witnesses. — read the full passage →
But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles.
I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you do bear with me. — read the full passage →
I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say. — read the full passage →
saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”
When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,
He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had his hand withered. — read the full passage →
At that time, Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. — read the full passage →
Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh— how much more then the hearts of the children of men! — read the full passage →
For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.
Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
as also in all of his letters, speaking in them of these things. In those, there are some things that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsettled twist, as they also do to the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,
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