Thematic Bible: Common delusions
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Common delusions » Thinking that there is plenty of time
wranglings of men wholly corrupted in mind, and destitute of the truth, supposing the piety to be gain; depart from such;
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and he reasoning concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment that is about to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, 'For the present be going, and having got time, I will call for thee;'
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for if any one doth think himself to be something -- being nothing -- himself he doth deceive;
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Common delusions » Thinking that sin will give fulness of life
for God doth know that in the day of your eating of it -- your eyes have been opened, and ye have been as God, knowing good and evil.' And the woman seeth that the tree is good for food, and that it is pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make one wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;
Common delusions » Presuming upon unchanging conditions
Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;' who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;
Common delusions » Self-confidence
And Peter answering said to him, 'Even if all shall be stumbled at thee, I will never be stumbled.'
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Common delusions » Trusting in racial connections for salvation
and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have -- Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,
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Common delusions » Using vain repetitions in prayer
And -- praying -- ye may not use vain repetitions like the nations, for they think that in their much speaking they shall be heard,
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Common delusions » Thinking the deity is represented by idols
'Being, therefore, offspring of God, we ought not to think the Godhead to be like to gold, or silver, or stone, graving of art and device of man;
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Common delusions » Trusting in riches
and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
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Common delusions » Building on sand
'And he who heard and did not, is like to a man having builded a house upon the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream brake forth, and immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house became great.'
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