Thematic Bible: FALSE


Thematic Bible




For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ; Verse ConceptsCounterfeitsApostles, DescriptionDeception Through False TeachersEvildoersdisguisesFalse PeopleMen DeceivingFalse ApostlesDishonesty




Then they understood that He did not bid them beware of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Verse ConceptsInsightLegalismUnderstandingLeavenedProper UnderstandingMisteachingpharisees









Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas and Symeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansDoctrine, CommunicatedTeachersTetrarchChristian TeachersAnonymityRulers Of A FourthMissionaries



And in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch; Verse ConceptsVisitingAnonymity











































Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas and Symeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. Verse ConceptsAfrican AmericansDoctrine, CommunicatedTeachersTetrarchChristian TeachersAnonymityRulers Of A FourthMissionaries



And in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch; Verse ConceptsVisitingAnonymity



















As much as she glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her; because she says in her heart, 'I sit a queen, and am not a widow, and shall in nowise see mourning.' Verse ConceptsBabylonProud HeartsFalse ConfidenceHeart, Fallen And RedeemedPride, Examples OfQueensTortureWidowsArrogance, Characterizes The WickedNot MourningGod Troubling















The hireling, who also is not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholds the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees (and the wolf seizes them, and scatters them); Verse ConceptsSatan, Compared With AnimalsUnfaithful MinistersScattered Like SheepMen Similar To AnimalsWolvesPeople Abandoning People


But above all things, my brethren, swear not, either by Heaven, or by earth, or by any other oath; but let yours be "the yes, yes," and "the no, no"; that ye fall not under condemnation. Verse ConceptsBad LanguageConsistencyAffirmationsethics, personalOaths, HumanAffirmative ActionConversationHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansCursingSwearing Being ForbiddenAssentingDissentSwearing OathsNot Swearing OathsNo CondemnationSwearing




If anyone teaches otherwise, and consents not to healthful words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching according to godliness, Verse ConceptsTeachersTeachingSound DoctrineMisteachingDifferent TeachingsFalse TeachersDoctrines of the The GospelGodly Mandoctrine


wishing to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm. Verse ConceptsTeachersTeachers Of The LawBeing Without UnderstandingThe Law ProclaimedPositive ThinkingBeing Positivelaw

For there will be a time when they will not endure the healthful teaching; but, having itching ears, they will for themselves heap up teachers according to their own desires; Verse ConceptsFalse TeachingsFalse Teachers, Characteristics OfEarsGuidance, Need For God'sManipulationTeachingCultsApostasy, CauseEvil TimesRefusing To HearSound DoctrineDoctrines of the The Gospelphotographydoctrine

whom it is needful to reduce to silence: who, indeed, are overthrowing whole houses, teaching what they ought not, for the sake of base gain. Verse ConceptsProfitsSelf IndulgenceSacrilegeMisteachingRelatives Also InvolvedDishonestyFamiliesvulnerability

Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. Verse ConceptsFalse TeachingsCommands, in NTKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfTeachingInferiorityMisteachingGreatness Of DisciplesTeaching The Way Of GodUnimportant ThingsBreaking The Ten Commandmentsrelaxingrelaxation




And let those having believing masters not despise them, because they are brethren; but let them serve them the more, because they are faithful and beloved, who are partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. Verse ConceptsBelieversPartakersTeaching In The ChurchServing PeopleExhort OthersRespect For PeopleThose Who Had Faith





Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. Verse ConceptsFalse TeachingsCommands, in NTKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfTeachingInferiorityMisteachingGreatness Of DisciplesTeaching The Way Of GodUnimportant ThingsBreaking The Ten Commandmentsrelaxingrelaxation

saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat. All, therefore, whatsoever they bid you, do and observe; but do not according to their works; for they say and do not. And they bind heavy burdens, and lay them upon the shoulders of men; but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. read more.
But all their works they do with the view to be seen by men; for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge their fringes; and they love the first place in the feasts, and the front seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called by men 'Rabbi.' But be not ye called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and all ye are brethren. And call no one your father on the earth; for One is your Father, the Heavenly. Neither be ye called leaders; because One is your Leader, the Christ. But the greater of you shall be your minister. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted. "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for ye do not enter, neither do ye suffer those who are entering in to enter. OMITTED TEXT. "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and, when he is made such, ye make him a son of Hell twofold more than yourselves. "Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whosoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!' Fools, and blind! for which is greater??he gold or the temple that sanctified the gold? 'And whosoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever swears by the gift that is upon it, is a debtor!' Ye blind! for which is greater??he gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift? He, therefore, who swears by the altar swears by it and by all things on it; and he who swears by the temple swears by it and by Him dwelling therein; and he who swears by Heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him sitting thereon. "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin; and have omitted the weightier things of the law??he judgment, and the mercy, and the faith; but these it was proper to have done, and those not to have omitted. Blind guides! straining out the gnat, and swallowing the camel! "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish; but within they are full from extortion and excess! Blind Pharisees! cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that its outside also may become clean. "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like white-washed sepulchres, which outwardly, indeed, appear beautiful, but within are full of bones of the dead and of all uncleanness. So ye also outwardly, indeed, appear righteous to men; but within ye are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. "Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous, and say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' So then ye testify to yourselves that ye are sons of those who killed the prophets; and fill ye up the measure of your fathers. Serpents! broods of vipers! How can ye escape the judgment of Hell?

"Why do Thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they do not wash their hands, when they eat bread!" And He, answering, said to them, "Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? For God said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'He that speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die,' read more.
But ye say, 'Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That by which you might be profited by me is an offering,' shall in no wise honor his father; and ye made void the word of God because of your tradition. Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 'This people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'" And, having called the multitude near, He said to them, "Hear, and understand: Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth??his defiles the man." Then, His disciples, coming near, say to Him, "Knowest Thou that the Pharisees, having heard the saying, were made to stumble?" But He, answering, said, "Every plant which My Heavenly Father did not plant shall be rooted up. Let them alone; they are blind guides; and if a blind man be guiding a blind man, both will fall into a pit." And Peter, answering, said to Him, "Explain to us the parable." And He said, "Are ye also even yet without understanding? Do ye not perceive that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the belly, and is cast forth into the drain? But the things that proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and these defile the man. For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witnessings, blasphemies: these are the things which defile the man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man."

And the Pharisee, seeing it, marvelled that He was not first immersed before breakfast. But the Lord said to him, "Now ye, the Pharisees, cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. Senseless ones! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also? read more.
But give as alms the things within; and, behold, all things are clean to you. "But woe to you Pharisees! because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb; but ye pass by judgment and the love of God. Now these things it was needful to do, and not to leave those undone. "Woe to you Pharisees! because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces! Woe to you! because ye are as the unobserved tombs; and the men, walking over them, know it not." And one of the lawyers, answering, says to Him, "Teacher, in saying these things, Thou insultest us also!" And He said, "Woe to you lawyers, also! because ye burden men with burdens hard to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers! "Woe to you! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. Consequently, ye are witnesses, and consent to the works of your fathers; because they, indeed, killed them, and ye build their tombs. On this account also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them will they slay, and some will they persecute; that the blood of all the prophets, which has been shed from the founding of the world, may be required of this generation??51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah who perished between the altar and the house??ea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.' "Woe to you lawyers; because ye took away the Key of Knowledge; ye yourselves entered not in, and those who were entering ye hindered."












Ye know that ye were gentiles, carried away to the dumb idols, as ye were led. Verse ConceptsDumbnessMutenessPagansPolytheismCarrying IdolsDumbdiscriminationstatuesHinduism






For, even if there are things called gods, whether in heaven, or on earth (as there are gods many, and lords many); Verse ConceptsPolytheism



Ye know that ye were gentiles, carried away to the dumb idols, as ye were led. Verse ConceptsDumbnessMutenessPagansPolytheismCarrying IdolsDumbdiscriminationstatuesHinduism






For, even if there are things called gods, whether in heaven, or on earth (as there are gods many, and lords many); Verse ConceptsPolytheism


And the rest of the men, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship the demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk; Verse ConceptsDeafnessFalse ReligionDemons, Evil Work Ofdemons, Kinds ofGoldStonesWoodIdolatry Consists OfAtheism, Description OfBrassImpotence Of IdolsIdols Not SeeingIdol WorshipIdolatryUnhearingWorshipping The DevilWood And StoneBronze For IdolsRepentance





Nay, but I say that the things which the gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God; and I do not wish you to become partakers with the demons. Verse ConceptsAstrologyFalse ReligionPagansNations DescribedSacrificesDemonsSacrificeHalloweenpartnershipstatuesDemonic Influence

And they worshiped the dragon, because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who is able to make war with him?" Verse ConceptsArmageddonFalse ReligionUnique CreaturesWorshipping The DevilReady For War



"Being, therefore, God's offspring, we ought not to suppose that the God-head is like gold, or silver, or stone, graven by man's art and device! Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritFalse ReligionGoldSculptureSkillStonesEvolutionProofs Of God's ExistenceStone ItemsIdolatryDivineDivinityGodheadimaginationartistsimage





What, then, do I say? that an idol-sacrifice is anything? or that an idol is anything? Verse ConceptsIdolatryFood For Other godsOccultism Being Forbidden














"But why do ye call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not the things that I say? Verse ConceptsDeception, Forbidden By GodProfessingChrist Is LordCalling




And He said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written, This people honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me. Verse ConceptsHoliness, Purpose OfLegalismLipsPretenceProfessingLack Of MeaningGod And The HeartMere TalkNamed Prophets Of The LordProphecies concerningHypocritesHypocrisy





"But why do ye call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not the things that I say? Verse ConceptsDeception, Forbidden By GodProfessingChrist Is LordCalling




And He said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written, This people honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from Me. Verse ConceptsHoliness, Purpose OfLegalismLipsPretenceProfessingLack Of MeaningGod And The HeartMere TalkNamed Prophets Of The LordProphecies concerningHypocritesHypocrisy

and he says, "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been trained according to the exactness of the ancestral law, being zealous for God, even as ye all are to-day; Verse ConceptsEducation, Examples OfPaul, Life OfSelf ConfidenceLegalismSitting At The FeetSchoolsTaking The Law To HeartEducationSchoolzealots

this one Paul wished to go forth with him; and, taking him, he circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places; for they all knew that his father was a Greek. Verse ConceptsCircumcision, physicalMissionary Work, Examples OfGoing TogetherIsrael HardenedJews

And they, hearing it, were glorifying God, and said to him, "You observe, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews, of those who have believed; and they are all zealous for the law. Verse ConceptsZealMany In The ChurchSalvation For IsraelSpecific Praising Of GodTaking The Law To Heartzealots

But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are ye doing that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath?" Verse ConceptsComplaintsConfrontationRitualLegalismDisputesPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Sabbath And Christ

and was making progress in Judaism above many companions of the same age in my own nation, being more exceedingly a zealot for my ancestral instructions. Verse ConceptsLegalismPharisees, Beliefs OfNew Age BeliefsResolving Conflictzealotscredibility

But there rose up some from the sect of the Pharisees, who believed, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses." Verse ConceptsExclusivenessCircumcision, physicalBelieversHeresiesJudaismSectsNecessity Of CircumcisionThose Who Believed In ChristKeep The Commandments!pharisees

And the Pharisees said to them, "Behold, why are they doing on the sabbath that which is not lawful?" Verse ConceptsComplaintsRitualLegalismPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Sabbath And Christ

But the synagogue-ruler, answering, (being much displeased that Jesus healed her on the sabbath), said to the multitude, "There are six days in which it behooves us to work; in these, therefore, coming, be healed, and not on the sabbath day." Verse ConceptsDays, Natural UsePharisees, Beliefs OfLegalismSix DaysAngry With ChristDoing One's WorkJesus HealingThe Sabbath And ChristJesus Healing On Sabbath

The Jews, therefore, said to him who had been cured, "It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed." Verse ConceptsThe Sabbath And Christrelaxation

For I testify for them, that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge; Verse ConceptsZeal, Without KnowledgeUnwise ZealBeing Devoted to God
















And, while He was being accused by the high priests and elders, He answered nothing. Verse ConceptsChief priestsChrist Being SilentOthers Not AnsweringThe Chief Priests Condemning Christeldersaccusations




If anyone teaches otherwise, and consents not to healthful words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching according to godliness, Verse ConceptsTeachersTeachingSound DoctrineMisteachingDifferent TeachingsFalse TeachersDoctrines of the The GospelGodly Mandoctrine


wishing to be teachers of the law, understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they confidently affirm. Verse ConceptsTeachersTeachers Of The LawBeing Without UnderstandingThe Law ProclaimedPositive ThinkingBeing Positivelaw

For there will be a time when they will not endure the healthful teaching; but, having itching ears, they will for themselves heap up teachers according to their own desires; Verse ConceptsFalse TeachingsFalse Teachers, Characteristics OfEarsGuidance, Need For God'sManipulationTeachingCultsApostasy, CauseEvil TimesRefusing To HearSound DoctrineDoctrines of the The Gospelphotographydoctrine

whom it is needful to reduce to silence: who, indeed, are overthrowing whole houses, teaching what they ought not, for the sake of base gain. Verse ConceptsProfitsSelf IndulgenceSacrilegeMisteachingRelatives Also InvolvedDishonestyFamiliesvulnerability

Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. Verse ConceptsFalse TeachingsCommands, in NTKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfTeachingInferiorityMisteachingGreatness Of DisciplesTeaching The Way Of GodUnimportant ThingsBreaking The Ten Commandmentsrelaxingrelaxation



And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus, again answering, saith to them, "Children, how difficult it is [for those who trust in riches] to enter into the Kingdom of God! Verse ConceptsAffluenceChildren, Figurative SenseProsperityAmazement, Of Jesus ChristFalse ConfidenceRiches, Dangers OfEntering The KingdomThe Disciples ReactionsSaying RepeatedlyHard To Be Saved






And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.' But God said to him, 'Senseless one! this night they require your soul of you; and the things you prepared, whose shall they be?'













but, after having known God, or rather having been known by God, how are ye turning back again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which ye desire to be in bondage again? Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingElementsConfusionUseless ThingsUniquenessElements Of The UniverseGod Knowing His PeopleSubject To EvilWorry And StressIdentityWeaknessKnowing GodIdentity In Christ

and, coming from the marketplace, unless they immerse themselves, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they received to hold; as, immersion of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels. Verse ConceptsMarketsBrassPurifying OneselfClean ObjectsHow People Eatmarketing

Now, therefore, why do ye tempt God, that ye should put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were strong enough to bear? Verse ConceptsLegalismSatan, As TempterTestingYokesTesting GodUnbearable ThingsPutting God FirstResisting TemptationTeststrying


If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as if living in the world, do ye subject yourselves to decrees, Verse ConceptsMortificationAbolish, Evil ThingsChristian Liberty Is Freedom FromFormalityDying With ChristDead To SinElements Of The UniverseHuman Law

being only (with meats and drinks and various immersions) ordinances of the flesh, imposed until a time of reformation. Verse ConceptsRitualLimitations Of The Bodyorder





And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands. Verse ConceptsCalf worshipCalvesIdolatry Consists OfGolden CalvesRejoicing In Evil

And, when he presented himself, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and grievous charges, which they were not able to prove; Verse ConceptsCrimesProofsPeople Accusing People

Then they suborned men, who said, "We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and against God." Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfBlasphemy, Falsely AccusedIrreverenceLiesPersecution, Forms OfSecrecyHoly Spirit, Types OfActing In SecretBlasphemy

And they, taking the silver, did as they were instructed. And this account was spread abroad among the Jews, until this day. Verse ConceptsJews, TheSpreading StoriesFalse Religion To This DayIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyObeying PeopleSaving Money

But, not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, shouting, "These who turned the inhabited earth upside down are present here also; Verse ConceptsTurning Upside DownPulling PeopleNot FindingTroubling Groups Of PeopleCauses of failure in

For many were bearing false testimony against Him, and their testimonies were not agreed. Verse ConceptsAgreement, Example OfdisagreementsMany Deceivers And Deceivedtestimonytestifying









Then they understood that He did not bid them beware of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Verse ConceptsInsightLegalismUnderstandingLeavenedProper UnderstandingMisteachingpharisees

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and quadrupeds, and reptiles.

Ye know that ye were gentiles, carried away to the dumb idols, as ye were led. Verse ConceptsDumbnessMutenessPagansPolytheismCarrying IdolsDumbdiscriminationstatuesHinduism

concerning, therefore, the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but One. Verse ConceptsGod, Unity OfMonotheismOne GodIdols Not ExistingUseless IdolsNon ExistenceNo Other Is GodFood For Other godsGod Is OneSacrificesEating Meatstatues







for there will arise false Christs and false prophets, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect. Verse ConceptsFalse TeachingsFalse ChristsDeceivers, Of ChristiansAntichristMiraculous SignsSatan, As DeceiverSeducersPossibilities For PeopleBeing MisleadFalse PeoplePossible For PeopleSigns Of The Times

And the people were shouting, "It is the voice of a god, and not of a man!" Verse ConceptsFlatteryVoicesMen As Godsworms

And the multitudes, seeing what Paul did, lifted up their voice in the language of Lycaonia, saying, "The gods, made like to men, came down to us!" Verse ConceptsLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureBecoming Like PeopleLike MenMen As Gods

but they were expecting that he would surely become swollen, or suddenly fall down dead; but, after looking a great while, and observing nothing unusual happening to him, changing their minds, they said that he was a god. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsWaitingPossibility Of DeathPeople Changing Their MindsSwellingMen As Gods














The hireling, who also is not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholds the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees (and the wolf seizes them, and scatters them); Verse ConceptsSatan, Compared With AnimalsUnfaithful MinistersScattered Like SheepMen Similar To AnimalsWolvesPeople Abandoning People

"Being, therefore, God's offspring, we ought not to suppose that the God-head is like gold, or silver, or stone, graven by man's art and device! Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritFalse ReligionGoldSculptureSkillStonesEvolutionProofs Of God's ExistenceStone ItemsIdolatryDivineDivinityGodheadimaginationartistsimage