5 Bible Verses about Heresy
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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.
For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!
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. But even if we (or an angel from heaven) should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell!
Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,
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Heresy » Teachers of, among early Christians
I know your works as well as your labor and steadfast endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have even put to the test those who refer to themselves as apostles (but are not), and have discovered that they are false.
Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said,
not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ.
For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!
Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves.
Heresy » The propagation of, forbidden under severe penalties
Reject a divisive person after one or two warnings. You know that such a person is twisted by sin and is conscious of it himself.
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not give him any greeting, because the person who gives him a greeting shares in his evil deeds.
Heresy » Paul and silas accused of
When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans."
After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely.
Heresy » Disavowed by paul
nor can they prove to you the things they are accusing me of doing. But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way (which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets. I have a hope in God (a hope that these men themselves accept too) that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. read more.
This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people.
Heresy » Paul accused of
saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!"
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Death Penalty For Heresy
Matthew 20:18"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. They will condemn him to death,
