1 Timothy 4:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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;

The latter

Depart

Seducing

General references

Matthew 24:11

Acts 8:29

Bible References

The latter

Mark this, there are hard times coming in the last days.

He was predestined before the foundation of the world and has appeared at the end of the ages for your sake;

To begin with, you know that mockers will come with their mockeries in the last days, men who go by their own passions,

for certain persons have slipped in by stealth (their doom has been predicted long ago), impious creatures who pervert the grace of our God into immorality and disown our sole liege and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Depart

for many will come in my name, saying 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many.

Let nobody delude you into this belief, whatever he may say. It will not come till the Rebellion takes place first of all, with the revealing of the Lawless One, the doomed One,

Mark this, there are hard times coming in the last days.

they will give up listening to the Truth and turn to myths.

Seducing

but I am afraid of your thoughts getting seduced from a single devotion to Christ, just as the serpent beguiled Eve with his cunning.

Bad characters and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and deceived themselves;

Still, false prophets did appear among the People, as among you also there will be false teachers, men who will insinuate destructive heresies, even disowning the Lord who ransomed them; they bring rapid destruction on themselves,

and he opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke poured out of the pit, like the smoke of a huge furnace, till the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.

and by dint of the miracles he is allowed to perform in presence of the Beast, he seduces the dwellers on earth; he bids the dwellers on earth erect a statue to the Beast who lived after being wounded by the sword,

and he shouted aloud with a strong voice, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, now she is a haunt of demons, the den of all foul spirits, a cage for every foul and loathsome bird:

But the Beast was seized, together with the false Prophet who had performed in his presence the miracles by means of which he seduced those who received the mark of the Beast and worshipped his statue; both of them were flung alive into the lake of fire that blazes with brimstone,

he gripped the dragon, that old serpent (who is the devil and Satan), and bound him for a thousand years,

General references

Many false prophets will rise and mislead many.

The Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join that chariot."