Thematic Bible: Common delusions
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Common delusions » Thinking that there is plenty of time
and wranglings, on the part of men who are corrupt in mind, and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a source of gain. From such withdraw yourself.
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And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered: For the present withdraw; when I have a convenient season, I will call for you.
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For if any one think himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself:
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Common delusions » Thinking that sin will give fulness of life
Common delusions » Presuming upon unchanging conditions
Come, now, you that say, Let us go to-day, or to-morrow, into this city, and remain there a year, and trade, and make gain; and yet you know not what will take place to-morrow. For what is your life? Is it not, indeed, a vapor, that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away?
Common delusions » Self-confidence
Peter answered and said to him: Though all shall be offended at thee, yet will I never be offended.
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Common delusions » Trusting in racial connections for salvation
and think not to say within yourselves, "We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
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Common delusions » Using vain repetitions in prayer
But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
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Common delusions » Thinking the deity is represented by idols
Therefore, being the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhood is like gold, or silver, or stone, sculptured by art and the device of man.
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Common delusions » Trusting in riches
and I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.
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Common delusions » Building on sand
But he that hears, and does not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the torrent dashed with violence, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great.
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