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Galatians 5:7-8
You were running a good race. Who has kept you from obeying the truth?The God who chooses you does not keep you from obeying the truth.
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Galatians 1:6
I am amazed. You are so quickly deserting the one who chose you. He chose you to live in the grace that Christ has provided. You are turning to a different“ good news.”
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Revelation 2:20
‘ But here is what I have against you. You put up with that woman Jezebel. She calls herself a prophet. With her teaching, she has led my servants into sexual sin. She has tricked them into eating food offered to statues of gods.
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1 Peter 1 22
You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. So you have an honest and true love for each other. So love one another deeply, from your hearts.
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Hebrews 11:8
Abraham had faith. So he obeyed God. God called him to go to a place he would later receive as his own. So he went. He did it even though he didn’t know where he was going.
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Galatians 4:9
But now you know God. Even better, God knows you. So why are you turning back to those weak and worthless powers? Do you want to be slaves to them all over again?
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Hebrews 5:9
In this way he was made perfect. Eternal salvation comes from him. He saves all those who obey him.
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Ephesians 4:14
We will no longer be babies in the faith. We won’t be like ships tossed around by the waves. We won’t be blown here and there by every new teaching. We won’t be blown around by cleverness and tricks. Certain people use them to hide their evil plans.
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1 Peter 4 17
It is time for judgment to begin with the household of God. And since it begins with us, what will happen to people who don’t obey God’s good news?
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2 Corinthians 11 3
But Eve’s mind was tricked by the snake’s clever lies. And here’s what I’m afraid of. Your minds will also somehow be led astray. They will be led away from your true and pure love for Christ.
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2 Peter 2 18
They speak empty, bragging words. They make their appeal to the evil desires that come from sin’s power. They tempt new believers who are just escaping from the company of sinful people.
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2 Thessalonians 2 9-2 Thessalonians 2 12
The coming of the man of sin will fit how Satan works. The man of sin will show his power through all kinds of signs and wonders. These signs and wonders will lead people astray.So people who are dying will be fooled by this evil. These people are dying because they refuse to love the truth. The truth would save them.So God will fool them completely. Then they will believe the lie.Many will not believe the truth. They will take pleasure in evil. They will be judged.
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2 Thessalonians 1 8
He will punish those who don’t know God. He will punish those who don’t obey the good news about our Lord Jesus.
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Galatians 2:14
I saw what they were doing. It was not in line with the truth of the good news. So I spoke to Peter in front of them all.“ You are a Jew,” I said.“ But you live like one who is not. So why do you force Gentiles to follow Jewish ways?”
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Ephesians 5:15
So be very careful how you live. Do not live like people who aren’t wise. Live like people who are wise.
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Galatians 3:3
Are you so foolish? You began by the Holy Spirit. Are you now trying to finish God’s work in you by your own strength?
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1 Timothy 6 4
Then that person is proud and doesn’t understand anything. They like to argue more than they should. They can’t agree about what words mean. All of this results in wanting what others have. It causes fighting, harmful talk, and evil distrust.
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Revelation 18:3
All the nations have drunk the strong wine of her terrible sins. The kings of the earth took part in her evil ways. The traders of the world grew rich from her great wealth.”
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Matthew 7:26
But everyone who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man. He builds his house on sand.
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Luke 24:25
Jesus said to them,“ How foolish you are! How long it takes you to believe all that the prophets said!
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1 Corinthians 1 23-1 Corinthians 1 24
But we preach about Christ and his death on the cross. That is very hard for Jews to accept. And everyone else thinks it’s foolish.But there are those God has chosen, both Jews and Greeks. To them Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom.
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Revelation 13:13-14
The second beast performed great signs. It even made fire come from heaven to the earth. And the fire was seen by everyone.The first beast had given the second beast the power to perform these signs. By these signs, the second beast tricked those who live on the earth. The second beast ordered people to set up a statue to honor the first beast. The first beast was the one who had been wounded by a sword and still lived.
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Acts 6:7
So God’s word spread. The number of believers in Jerusalem grew quickly. Also, a large number of priests began to obey Jesus’ teachings.
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Acts 8:9-11
A man named Simon lived in the city. For quite a while he had practiced evil magic there. He amazed all the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great.And all the people listened to him, from the least important of them to the most important. They exclaimed,“ It is right to call this man the Great Power of God!”He had amazed them for a long time with his evil magic. So they followed him.
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2 Corinthians 11 13-2 Corinthians 11 15
People like that are false apostles. They are workers who tell lies. They only pretend to be apostles of Christ.That comes as no surprise. Even Satan himself pretends to be an angel of light.So it doesn’t surprise us that Satan’s servants also pretend to be serving God. They will finally get exactly what they deserve.
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2 Corinthians 10 5
I destroy every claim and every reason that keeps people from knowing God. I keep every thought under control in order to make it obey Christ.
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1 Samuel 13 13
“ You have done a foolish thing,” Samuel said.“ You haven’t obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you. If you had, he would have made your kingdom secure over Israel for all time to come.
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Deuteronomy 32:6
Is that how you thank the Lord? You aren’t wise. You are foolish. Remember, he’s your Father. He’s your Creator. He made you. He formed you.
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Romans 6:17
You used to be slaves of sin. But thank God that with your whole heart you obeyed the teachings you were given!
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1 Corinthians 11 26
You eat the bread and drink the cup. When you do this, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.
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Romans 2:8
But there are others who only look out for themselves. They don’t accept the truth. They go astray. God will pour out his great anger on them.
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Romans 10:16
But not all the people of Israel accepted the good news. Isaiah says,“ Lord, who has believed our message?”( Isaiah 53:1)
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1 Corinthians 2 2
My goal while I was with you was to talk about only one thing. And that was Jesus Christ and his death on the cross.
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Matthew 24:24
False messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will do great signs and miracles. They will try to fool God’s chosen people if possible.
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Ephesians 3:8
I am by far the least important of all the Lord’s holy people. But he gave me the grace to preach to the Gentiles about the unlimited riches that Christ gives.