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 to the priest Ezekiel the son of Buzi, at the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. The hand of the Lord came on him there).

The latter

And now, I am about to go back to my own people. Come now, and I will advise you as to what this people will do to your people in the future."

In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the Lord your God and obey him

I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them."

In the future the mountain of the Lord's temple will endure as the most important of mountains, and will be the most prominent of hills. All the nations will stream to it,

Yet in days to come I will reverse Moab's ill fortune." says the Lord. The judgment against Moab ends here.

"Yet in days to come I will reverse Elam's ill fortune." says the Lord.

You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may acknowledge me, when before their eyes I magnify myself through you, O Gog.

Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days."

Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings in the future.

In the future the Lord's Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; it will be more prominent than other hills. People will stream to it.

But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come.

He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.

Above all, understand this: In the last days blatant scoffers will come, being propelled by their own evil urges

For certain men have secretly slipped in among you -- men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe -- ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Depart

Even some of the wise will stumble, resulting in their refinement, purification, and cleansing until the time of the end, for it is still for the appointed time.

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

Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come.

And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths.

Seducing

but concerning the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the orchard God said, 'You must not eat from it, and you must not touch it, or else you will die.'"

He replied, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.' The Lord said, 'Deceive and overpower him. Go out and do as you have proposed.'

The Lord said, 'Who will deceive King Ahab of Israel, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?' One said this and another that.

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

The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.

But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.

He opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it like smoke from a giant furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft.

and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.

For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the earth to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful.

He shouted with a powerful voice: "Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detested beast.

Now the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf -- signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.

He seized the dragon -- the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan -- and tied him up for a thousand years.

General references

If the man with a discharge spits on a person who is ceremonially clean, that person must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening.

A truthful witness rescues lives, but the one who breathes lies brings deception.

And many false prophets will appear and deceive many,

Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and join this chariot."