Quotes About Deception

For some have already turned aside to follow Satan.

which some have professed and thus swerved away from the faith. Grace be with you all.

and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.

having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

who are always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.

But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.

while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,

who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

and will pay no attention to Jewish myths or to the commands of men who have rejected the truth.

Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.

Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.

In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.

They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.