17 Bible Verses about Error
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"Your mistake," replied Jesus, "is due to your ignorance of the Scriptures, and of the power of God.
"Is not the reason of your mistake," answered Jesus, "your ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God?
Be sure that he who brings a sinner back from his mistaken ways will save that man's soul from Death, and throw a veil over countless sins.
My Brothers, should one of you be led astray from the Truth, and some one bring him back again,
We come from God. He who knows God listens to us; the man who does not come from God does not listen to us. By that we may know the true inspiration from the false.
Do you, therefore, dear friends, now that you know this beforehand, be on your guard against being led away by the errors of reckless people, and so lapsing from your present steadfastness;
Remind people of all this; urge them solemnly, as in the sight of God, to avoid controversy, a useless thing and the ruin of those who listen to it.
That is why God places them under the influence of a delusion, to cause them to believe a lie;
Then we shall no longer be like infants, tossed backward and forward, blown about by every breath of human teaching, through the trickery and the craftiness of men, towards the snares of error;
While the men, disregarding that for which women were intended by nature, were consumed with passion for one another. Men indulged in vile practices with men, and incurred in their own persons the inevitable penalty for their perverseness.
Everything that is written under divine inspiration is helpful for teaching, for refuting error, for giving guidance, and for training others in righteousness;
If your Brother does wrong, go to him and convince him of his fault when you and he are alone. If he listens to you, you have won your Brother.
With boastful and foolish talk, they appeal to the passions of man's lower nature, and, by their profligacy, entice those who are just escaping from the men who live such misguided lives.
Leaving the straight road, they have gone astray and followed in the steps of Balaam, the son of Beor, who set his heart on the reward for wrong-doing,
He should instruct his opponents in a gentle spirit; for, possibly, God may give them a repentance that will lead to a fuller knowledge of Truth,
From Thematic Bible
Drunkenness » Leads to » Error
Error » Sin's penalty » Abandonment by God
Therefore God abandoned them to impurity, letting them follow the cravings of their hearts, till they dishonored their own bodies;
Error » Sin's penalty » Penalty sometimes delayed
who once were disobedient, at the time when God patiently waited, in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared; in which some few lives, eight in all, were saved by means of water.
Error » Sin's penalty » Death, physical and spiritual
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death; so, also, death spread to all mankind, because all men had sinned.
The wages of Sin are Death, but the gift of God is Immortal Life, through union with Christ Jesus, our Lord.
Error » Known to God » Loved by men
Error » Definition of » Sin deceptive
And it was not Adam who was deceived; it was the woman who was entirely deceived and fell into sin.
There was, you remember, a time when we ourselves were foolish, disobedient, misled, slaves to all kinds of passions and vices, living in a spirit of malice and envy, detested ourselves and hating one another.
The Beast was captured, and with him was taken the false Prophet, who performed the marvels before the eyes of the Beast, with which he deceived those who had received the brand of the Beast and those who worshiped his image. Alive, they were thrown, both of them, into the fiery lake 'of burning sulphur.'
For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;
Rather encourage one another daily--while there is a 'To-day'--to prevent any one among you from being hardened by the deceitfulness of Sin.
Error » Definition of » To be forsaken
Seeing, therefore, that there is on every side of us such a throng of witnesses, let us also lay aside everything that hinders us, and the sin that clings about us, and run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
Dear friends, I urge you, as pilgrims and strangers upon earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war upon the soul.
For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt;
By your union with him you received a circumcision that was not performed by human hands, when you threw off the tyranny of the earthly body, and received the circumcision of the Christ.
Error » Known to God » Hateful to God
"You," said Jesus, "are the men who justify themselves before the world, but God can read your hearts; and what is highly esteemed among men may be an abomination in the sight of God.
Error » Definition of » Despised by saints
but he rescued righteous Lot, whose heart was vexed by the wanton licentiousness of his neighbors;
Error » Definition of » Consequences of parents' sins upon children
Error » Known to God » Allurements of
With boastful and foolish talk, they appeal to the passions of man's lower nature, and, by their profligacy, entice those who are just escaping from the men who live such misguided lives.
Error » Definition of » Forbidden
My children, I am writing to you to keep you from sinning; but if any one should sin, we have one who can plead for us with the Father--Jesus Christ, the Righteous--
Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him: "You are cured now; do not sin again, for fear that something worse may befall you."
Therefore do not let Sin reign in your mortal bodies and compel you to obey its cravings.
Error » Sin's penalty » Separation from God
Error » Sins » Our deliverance from, through Christ
For at the very beginning of my teaching I gave you the account which I had myself received-that Christ died for our sins (as the Scriptures had foretold),
and from Jesus Christ, ' the faithful Witness, the First-born from the dead, and the Ruler of all the Kings of the earth.' To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his own blood--
Gave himself for our sins, in accordance with the will of God and Father,
And he 'himself carried our sins' in his own body to the cross, so that we might die to our sins, and live for righteousness. 'His bruising was your healing.'
and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but for those of the whole world besides.
Error » Sins » Of ignorance
while one who does not know his master's wishes, but acts so as to deserve a flogging, will receive but few. From every one to whom much has been given much will be expected, and from the man to whom much has been entrusted the more will be demanded.
though I once used to blaspheme, and to persecute, and to insult. Yet mercy was shown me, because I acted in ignorance, while still an unbeliever;
And yet, my Brothers, I know that you acted as you did from ignorance, and your rulers also.
Error » Definition of » Forgiven
And to you, who once were 'dead,' by reason of your sins and your uncircumcised nature--to you God gave Life in giving life to Christ! He pardoned all our sins!
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man: "Child, your sins are forgiven."
Error » Sins » Of omission
Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You pay tithes on mint, fennel, and caraway seed, and have neglected the weightier matters of the Law--justice, mercy, and good faith. These last you ought to have put into practice, without neglecting the first.
The servant who knows his master's wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;
And then he will reply 'I tell you, as often as you failed to do it to one of these, however lowly, you failed to do it to me.'
But alas for you Pharisees! You pay tithes on mint, rue, and herbs of all kinds, and pass over justice and love to God. These last you ought to have put into practice without neglecting the first.
Error » Definition of » Origin of
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts--murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, perjury, slander.
Then Passion conceives and gives birth to Sin, and Sin, on reaching maturity, brings forth Death.
What is the cause of the fighting and quarreling that goes on among you? Is not it to be found in the desires which are always at war within you?
Error » Definition of » Inexcusable
Therefore you have nothing to say in your own defense, whoever you are who set yourself up as a judge. In judging others you condemn yourself, for you who set yourself up as a judge do the very same things.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin to answer for; but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin.
For ever since the creation of the universe God's invisible attributes-his everlasting power and divinity-are to be seen and studied in his works, so that men have no excuse;
Error » Definition of » Contempt for others
Error » Definition of » Vain talk
Error » Definition of » Foolish thoughts
Error » Definition of » Unbelief
He, however, who has misgivings stands condemned if he still eats, because his doing so is not the result of faith. And anything not done as the result of faith is a sin.
Error » Definition of » All unrighteousness
Error » Definition of » Transgression of the law
Every one who lives sinfully is living in violation of Law. Sin is violation of Law.
Error » Definition of » Neglect of opportunity
Ignorance of God » Leads to » Error
"Your mistake," replied Jesus, "is due to your ignorance of the Scriptures, and of the power of God.