Thematic Bible: Common delusions
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Common delusions » Thinking that there is plenty of time
and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.
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While Paul was discussing righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for now, and when I have an opportunity, I will send for you."
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For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
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Common delusions » Thinking that sin will give fulness of life
for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like divine beings who know good and evil." When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
Common delusions » Presuming upon unchanging conditions
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit." You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
Common delusions » Self-confidence
Peter 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 don't think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!
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Common delusions » Using vain repetitions in prayer
When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard.
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Common delusions » Thinking the deity is represented by idols
So since we are God's offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.
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Common delusions » Trusting in riches
And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'
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Common delusions » Building on sand
But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!"
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