1 John 4:1
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Testing the Spirits
4 (A)Beloved, do not believe every (B)spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because (C)many false prophets have gone out into the world.
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1 John 2:18-19
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18 Children, (A)it is the last hour; and just as you heard that (B)antichrist is coming, (C)even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. 19 (D)They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, (E)so that [a]it would be evident that they all are not of us.
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- 1 John 2:19 Lit they would be revealed
1 Timothy 4:1-2
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Abandonment of Faith
4 But (A)the Spirit explicitly says that (B)in later times some will [a]fall away from the faith, paying attention to (C)deceitful spirits and (D)teachings of demons, 2 by means of the hypocrisy of liars (E)seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,
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- 1 Timothy 4:1 I.e., apostatize
2 Timothy 4:3-4
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3 For (A)the time will come when they will not tolerate (B)sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires, 4 and they (C)will turn their ears away from the truth and (D)will turn aside to myths.
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Jude 4
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4 For certain people have (A)crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand [a](B)marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn (C)the grace of our God into (D)indecent behavior and (E)deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
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- Jude 1:4 Or written about regarding this
2 Peter 2:2
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2 Many will follow their (A)indecent behavior, and because of them (B)the way of the truth will be (C)maligned;
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Romans 16:18
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18 For such people are (A)slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of (B)their own [a]appetites; and by their (C)smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
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- Romans 16:18 Lit belly
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