1 Timothy 4:1

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1 Timothy 4:1

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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;

Expressly

Ezekiel 1:3

The latter

Depart

2 Timothy 4:4

Seducing

General references

Bible References

Expressly

the word of the Lord came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the Chebar Canal. And the Lord’s hand was on him there.

The latter

Now I am going back to my people, but first, let me warn you what these people will do to your people in the future.”

When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, you will return to the Lord your God in later days and obey Him.

If only they were wise, they would figure it out;
they would understand their fate.

In the last days
the mountain of the Lord’s house will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
All nations will stream to it,

Yet, I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the last days.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
The judgment on Moab ends here.

In the last days,
I will restore the fortunes of Elam.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the last days, Gog, that I will bring you against My land so that the nations may know Me, when I show Myself holy through you in their sight.

Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the last days, for the vision refers to those days.”

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come with awe to the Lord

and to His goodness in the last days.

In the last days
the mountain of the Lord’s house
will be established
at the top of the mountains
and will be raised above the hills.
Peoples will stream to it,

But know this: Difficult times will come in the last days.

He was chosen

before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the times for you

First, be aware of this: Scoffers will come in the last days to scoff, living according to their own desires,

For some men, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

Depart

Some of the wise will fall so that they may be refined, purified, and cleansed until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.

For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many.

Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For that day will not come unless the apostasy comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

But know this: Difficult times will come in the last days.

They will turn away from hearing the truth and will turn aside to myths.

Seducing

But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’”

“The Lord asked him, ‘How?’

“He said, ‘I will go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’

“Then He said, ‘You will certainly entice him and prevail. Go and do that.’

And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ So one was saying this and another was saying that.

But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a complete and pure devotion to Christ.

The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,

Evil people and impostors will become worse, deceiving and being deceived.

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves.

He opened the shaft of the abyss, and smoke came up out of the shaft like smoke from a great furnace so that the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the shaft.

He deceives those who live on the earth because of the signs that he is permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, telling those who live on the earth to make an image of the beast who had the sword wound and yet lived.

For they are spirits of demons performing signs, who travel to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle of the great day of God, the Almighty.

He cried in a mighty voice:

It has fallen,
Babylon the Great has fallen!
She has become a dwelling for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt for every unclean and despicable beast.

But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with him the false prophet, who had performed the signs in his presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the Devil and Satan,

and bound him for 1,000 years.

General references

If the man with the discharge spits on anyone who is clean, he is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

A truthful witness rescues lives,
but one who utters lies is deceitful.

Many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.

The Spirit told Philip, “Go and join that chariot.”