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;

The latter

Depart

Seducing

General references

Matthew 24:11

Acts 8:29

Bible References

The latter

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of stress.

He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.

First of all you must understand this, that scoffers will come in the last days, with scoffing, following their own lusts

For certain persons have crept in secretly, those who were long ago marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Depart

For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.

Let no one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of stress.

and will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

Seducing

But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders,

while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up from the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke from the pit.

And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which he was given power to do in the presence of the beast. He ordered them to make an image in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

for they are spirits of demons, performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.

And he called out with a mighty voice, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place of demons, a haunt of every unclean spirit, a haunt of every unclean and hateful bird.

And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with sulfur.

And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

General references

And many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.

And the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot."