Thematic Bible: Common delusions
Thematic Bible
Common delusions » Thinking that there is plenty of time
constant wrangling by people of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who consider godliness to be a means of gain.
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And [while] he was discussing about righteousness and self control and the judgment that is to come, Felix became afraid [and] replied, "Go away for the present, and [when I] have an opportunity, I will summon you."
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For if anyone thinks he is something [although he] is nothing, he is deceiving himself.
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Common delusions » Thinking that sin will give fulness of life
For God knows that on the day you [both] eat from it, then your eyes will be opened and you [both] shall be like gods, knowing good and evil." When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food and that it [was] a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make [one] wise, then she took from its fruit and she ate. And she gave [it] also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Common delusions » Presuming upon unchanging conditions
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there, and carry on business and make a profit," you who do not know {what will happen tomorrow}, {what your life will be like}. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears.
Common delusions » Self-confidence
But Peter answered [and] said to him, "If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!"
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Common delusions » Trusting in racial connections for salvation
And do not think to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham [as] father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
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Common delusions » Using vain repetitions in prayer
"But [when you] pray, do not babble repetitiously like the pagans, for they think that because of their many words they will be heard.
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Common delusions » Thinking the deity is represented by idols
Therefore, [because we] are offspring of God, we ought not to think the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.
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Common delusions » Trusting in riches
And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many possessions stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, celebrate!" '
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Common delusions » Building on sand
But the one who hears [my words] and does not do [them] is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation, which the river burst against, and immediately it collapsed--and the collapse of that house was great!"
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