11 Bible Verses about Counterfeits

Beloved, believe not every spirit; but prove the spirits, whether they are from God: for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

he will destroy him, whose coming is, according to the energy of Satan, with all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,

I am astonished that you are so soon turning away from him that called you into the grace of Christ, to another gospel: which is nothing else than that there are some who trouble you, and are determined to pervert the gospel of the Christ.

Be not carried away by various and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be strengthened with grace, not with meats, which have not profited those who were occupied with them.

If any one among you seems to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your passions.

and not give heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men that turn away from the truth.

Timothy, keep that which is committed to your charge, avoiding those profane and empty babblings, and disputations about knowledge falsely so called;

But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers also among you; and these will stealthily introduce ruinous sects, and deny the Lord that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction:

and no wonder, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore, it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves so as to be like the ministers of righteousness; of such, the end shall be according to their works.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, trans forming themselves into the apostles of Christ;