Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
Thou hast
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Bible References
How
Revelation 2:6 Yet you have this [to your credit], that you hate the works and corrupt teachings of the Nicolaitans [that mislead and delude the people], which I also hate.
Galatians 1:7
which is really not another [gospel]; but there are [obviously] some [people masquerading as teachers] who are disturbing and confusing you [with a misleading, counterfeit teaching] and want to distort the gospel of Christ [twisting it into something which it absolutely is not].
Ephesians 4:14
So that we are no longer children [spiritually immature], tossed back and forth [like ships on a stormy sea] and carried about by every wind of [shifting] doctrine, by the cunning and trickery of [unscrupulous] men, by the deceitful scheming of people ready to do anything [for personal profit].
1 Thessalonians 5:21
But test all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firmly to that which is good.
2 Peter 2:1
But [in those days] false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will subtly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.
1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit [speaking through a self-proclaimed prophet]; instead test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets and teachers have gone out into the world.
Thou hast
2 Corinthians 11:13
For such men are counterfeit apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
1 John 2:21
I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie [nothing false, no deception] is of the truth.
1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit [speaking through a self-proclaimed prophet]; instead test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets and teachers have gone out into the world.
General references
Deuteronomy 18:21
If you say in your heart, ‘How will we know and recognize the word which the Lord has not spoken?’
Proverbs 19:27
Cease listening, my son, to instruction and discipline
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Cease listening, my son, to instruction and discipline
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Luke 21:19 By your [patient] endurance [empowered by the Holy Spirit] you will gain your souls.
John 10:5 They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”