1-Timothy 4:2 Themes and Topics

and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold. Verse Concepts

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. Verse Concepts

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold. Verse Concepts

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. Verse Concepts

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world? "Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!" These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings. read more.
Even though they have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed worship and false humility achieved by an unsparing treatment of the body -- a wisdom with no true value -- they in reality result in fleshly indulgence.

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. read more.
For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.

For "physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come." Verse Concepts

Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack, Verse Concepts

For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us, but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God's enemies.

Now King Herod heard this, for Jesus' name had become known. Some were saying, "John the baptizer has been raised from the dead, and because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him." Verse Concepts

Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders, saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!" So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.

The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion. Verse Concepts

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God. Verse Concepts

Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Verse Concepts

Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him. Verse Concepts

For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David's affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts! Wash away my wrongdoing! Cleanse me of my sin! For I am aware of my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin. read more.
Against you -- you above all -- I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

Sprinkle me with water and I will be pure; wash me and I will be whiter than snow. Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice! Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt! read more.
Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me! Do not reject me! Do not take your Holy Spirit away from me! Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey! Then I will teach rebels your merciful ways, and sinners will turn to you. Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.

So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things? No, they are not at all ashamed. They do not even know how to blush! So they will die, just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them," says the Lord. Verse Concepts

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. Verse Concepts

All is pure to those who are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted. Verse Concepts

There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death. Verse Concepts

This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have not done wrong." Verse Concepts

Woe to those who live in ease in Zion, to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria. They think of themselves as the elite class of the best nation. The family of Israel looks to them for leadership. Verse Concepts

You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence. They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches. They eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the middle of the pen. They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments. read more.
They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph.

They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God. They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.

For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles. read more.
Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. Verse Concepts

Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Verse Concepts

They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed. Verse Concepts

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. Verse Concepts

In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. Verse Concepts

for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you; Verse Concepts

When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him. Verse Concepts

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. Verse Concepts

The one who touches them must use an iron instrument or the wooden shaft of a spear. They are completely burned up right where they lie!" Verse Concepts

Can you people who are like iron and bronze break that iron fist from the north? Verse Concepts

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. Verse Concepts

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. Verse Concepts

If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness, Verse Concepts

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. Verse Concepts

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently. Verse Concepts

For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. Verse Concepts

who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught. Verse Concepts

So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Verse Concepts

and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'" Verse Concepts

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. Verse Concepts

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

influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. Verse Concepts

They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them, Verse Concepts