1 Timothy 4:2 Cross References - Common

² through the pretensions of liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron,

¹⁵ "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

²⁴ For false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

³⁰ and from among your own selves will arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

²⁸ And since they did not see fit to retain the knowledge of God, God gave them over to a base mind, to do what ought not to be done.

¹⁸ For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the simple.

¹⁴ As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the cunning of men, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming.

¹⁹ and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality, greedy for the practice of every kind of impurity.

⁵ holding a form of godliness but denying its power. Avoid such people.

¹ But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. ² And many will follow their licentiousness, and because of them the way of truth will be reviled. ³ And in their greed they will exploit you with false words; from long ago their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not been asleep.

¹⁴ for they are spirits of demons, performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.