Thematic Bible: Common delusions
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Common delusions » Thinking that there is plenty of time
constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.
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As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, "Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you."
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For if a man thinks 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
for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, 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 that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
Common delusions » Presuming upon unchanging conditions
Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let us go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit." Whereas you do not know what tomorrow will be like. What is your life? For you are a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
Common delusions » Self-confidence
But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble."
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Common delusions » Trusting in racial connections for salvation
and do not think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
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Common delusions » Using vain repetitions in prayer
And in praying, do not use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
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Common delusions » Thinking the deity is represented by idols
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
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Common delusions » Trusting in riches
I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."'
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Common delusions » Building on sand
But he who hears, and does not do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house was great."
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