5 Bible Verses about Heresy

‘I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false;

“Since we have heard that some of our number to whom we gave no instruction have disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls,

which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.

But it was because of the false brethren secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage.

Reject a factious man after a first and second warning, knowing that such a man is perverted and is sinning, being self-condemned.

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting; for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds.

and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews, and are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans."

When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely;

"Nor can they prove to you the charges of which they now accuse me. "But this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets; having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. read more.
"In view of this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men.

saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”