Thematic Bible: Who deceives themselves
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Deception » Who deceives themselves
For if anyone thinks he is somebody when he is really nobody, he is deceiving himself. Every man ought to test his own work, and then whatever satisfaction he has will be with reference to himself, and not in comparison with someone else.
Obey the message; do not merely listen to it, and deceive yourselves. For anyone who merely listens to the message without obeying it is like a man who looks in a mirror at the face that nature gave him, and then goes off and immediately forgets what he looked like. read more.
But whoever looks at the faultless law that makes men free and keeps looking, so that he does not just listen and forget, but obeys and acts upon it, will be blessed in what he does. If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious observances are of no account.
But whoever looks at the faultless law that makes men free and keeps looking, so that he does not just listen and forget, but obeys and acts upon it, will be blessed in what he does. If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious observances are of no account.
If we say, "We are without any sin," we are deceiving ourselves, and there is no truth in our hearts.
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