2 Thessalonians 2:10
and every type of evil to deceive those who are dying, those who refused to love the truth that would save them.
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
1 Corinthians 1:18
For the message about the cross is nonsense to those who are being destroyed, but it is God's power to us who are being saved.
Proverbs 2:1-6
My son, if you accept my words, and treasure my instructions
Proverbs 4:5-6
Get wisdom! Get understanding! Do not forget or turn aside from the words of my mouth!
Proverbs 8:17
I love those who love me, and those who seek me will find me.
Matthew 13:11
He answered them, "You have been given knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom from heaven, but it hasn't been given to them,
John 3:17
Because God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world would be saved through him.
John 3:19-21
And this is the basis for judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light because their actions were evil.
John 5:34
I myself do not accept human testimony, but I am saying these things so that you may be saved.
John 8:45-47
But it is because I speak the truth that you don't believe me.
Romans 2:7-8
eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good;
Romans 6:17
But thank God that, though you were once slaves of sin, you became obedient from your hearts to that form of teaching with which you were entrusted!
Romans 10:1
Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God about the Jews is that they would be saved.
Romans 16:18
because such people are not serving the Messiah our Lord, but their own desires. By their smooth talk and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
1 Corinthians 16:22
If anyone doesn't love the Lord, let him be !
2 Corinthians 2:15
To God we are the aroma of the Messiah among those who are being saved and among those who are being lost.
2 Corinthians 2:17
At least we are not commercializing God's word like so many others. Instead, we speak with sincerity in the Messiah's name, like people who are sent from God and are accountable to God.
2 Corinthians 4:2-3
Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not use trickery or pervert God's word. By clear statements of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God.
2 Corinthians 11:13
Such people are false apostles, dishonest workers who are masquerading as apostles of the Messiah.
2 Corinthians 11:15
So it is not surprising if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their doom will match their deeds!
Ephesians 4:14
Then we will no longer be little children, tossed like waves and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, or by clever strategies that would lead us astray.
1 Thessalonians 2:16
as they try to keep us from telling the gentiles how they can be saved. As a result, they are constantly adding to the number of sins they have committed. However, wrath has overtaken them at last!
1 Timothy 2:4
who wants all people to be saved and to come to know the truth fully.
Hebrews 3:13
Instead, continue to encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin,
James 1:16-18
Do not be deceived, my dear brothers.
2 Peter 2:12
These people, like irrational animals, are mere creatures of instinct that are born to be caught and killed. They insult what they don't understand, and like animals they, too, will be destroyed,
2 Peter 2:18
By talking high-sounding nonsense and using sinful cravings of the flesh, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.