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Twisting Gods Word
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For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; — read the full passage →
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. — read the full passage →
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: — read the full passage →
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. — read the full passage →
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: — read the full passage →
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; — read the full passage →
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. — read the full passage →
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. — read the full passage →
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. — read the full passage →
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. — read the full passage →
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. — read the full passage →
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? — read the full passage →
And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. — read the full passage →
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; — read the full passage →
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. — read the full passage →
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: — read the full passage →
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →
Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; — read the full passage →
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: — read the full passage →
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. — read the full passage →
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. — read the full passage →
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. — read the full passage →
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →
The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, — read the full passage →
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. — read the full passage →
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: — read the full passage →
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
The same was in the beginning with God.
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: — read the full passage →
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
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