5 Bible Verses about Heresy

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2 Corinthians 11:4

For when somebody comes along and preaches another Jesus than the one I preached, or you receive a different spirit from the one you received or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!

Galatians 1:6-8

I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called you by the mercy of Christ, to some different good news??7 not that there is any other, only that there are some people who are trying to unsettle you and want to turn the good news of the Christ around. But even if we or an angel from heaven preach to you good news that contradicts the good news we have preached to you, a curse upon him!

Acts 15:24

As we have heard that some of our number, without any instructions from us, have disturbed you by their teaching and unsettled your minds,

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Heresy » Teachers of, among early Christians

Revelation 2:2

I know what you have done; your hard work and your endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, and that you have tested those who claimed to be apostles when they were not, and have found them to be impostors.

Acts 15:24

As we have heard that some of our number, without any instructions from us, have disturbed you by their teaching and unsettled your minds,

2 Corinthians 11:4

For when somebody comes along and preaches another Jesus than the one I preached, or you receive a different spirit from the one you received or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!

Galatians 2:4

to gratify the false brothers who had been smuggled in, who sneaked in to spy upon the freedom we enjoy in Christ Jesus, so as to reduce us to slavery again.

More verses: Jude 1:3-16

Heresy » The propagation of, forbidden under severe penalties

Titus 3:10-11

If a man is inclined to a sect, after warning him once or twice, have nothing more to do with him. You may be sure that a man of that kind is corrupt and sinful, for his own actions condemn him.

2 John 1:10-11

If anyone comes to you without bringing this teaching, do not let him come into the house or bid him good morning. For anyone who bids him good morning shares in his wicked work.

Heresy » Paul and silas accused of

Acts 16:20-21

and brought them before the chief magistrates. "These men," they said, "are Jews, and they are making a great disturbance in our town. They are advocating practices which it is against the law for us as Romans to adopt or observe."

Acts 16:23

After beating them severely, they put them in jail, and gave the jailer orders to keep close watch of them.

Heresy » Disavowed by paul

Acts 24:13-16

and they cannot sustain the charges they have just made against me. I admit that in worshiping the God of my forefathers I follow the way of life that they call a sect, but I believe everything that is taught in the Law or written in the prophets, and I have the same hope in God that they themselves hold, that there is to be a resurrection of the upright and the wicked. read more.
Therefore I strive always to have a clear conscience before God and men.

Heresy » Paul accused of

Acts 18:13

"This fellow," they said, "is trying to induce people to worship God in ways that are against the law."

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Matthew 20:18

"We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the high priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,

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