11 Bible Verses about Counterfeits

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel -- not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.

Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them.

If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.

you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions.

and not pay attention to Jewish myths and commands of people who reject the truth.

O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called "knowledge."

But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.

And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions.

For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.