Gen 3:4, Joh 8:44, Eph 6:24, Col 2:4, 8, 18, 1Ti 1:3, 4:1, Heb 13:9, 2Pe 3:17 | ISV

Genesis 3:4

John 8:44

44 You belong to your father the devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood by the truth, ^{▼▼Lit. stood by the truth} since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie he speaks in character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.Matt 13:38; 1John 3:8; Jude 1:6

Ephesians 6:24

24 May grace be with all who love the Lord Jesus Christ with sincerity! ^{▼▼Other mss. read with sincerity! Amen.}Titus 2:7

Colossians 2:4

4 I say this so that no one will mislead you with nice-sounding rhetoric.Rom 16:18; 2Cor 11:13; Eph 4:14; 5:6; Col 2:8, 18

Colossians 2:8

8 See to it that no one enslaves you through philosophy and empty deceit according to human tradition, according to the basic principles of the world, ^{▼▼Or the elemental spirits of the universe} and not according to Christ.Jer 29:8; Matt 15:2; Rom 16:17; Gal 1:14; Eph 5:6; Col 1:22; 2:18; 20; Heb 13:9

Colossians 2:18

18 Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels cheat you out of the prize by boasting about what he has seen. ^{▼▼Other mss. read what he has not seen} Such a person is puffed up without cause by his carnal mind.Ezek 13:3; Col 2:4; 1Tim 1:7

1 Timothy 1:3

3 A Warning Against False TeachersWhen I was on my way to Macedonia, I urged you to stay in Ephesus so that you could instruct certain people to stop teaching false doctrineActs 20:1, 3; Gal 1:6-7; Phil 2:24; Acts 20:1, 3, 1Tim 6:3, 10

1 Timothy 4:1

1 A Prophecy About the FutureNow the Spirit says clearly that in the last times some people will abandon the faith by following deceitful spirits, the teachings of demons,Dan 11:35, 37-38; John 16:13; 2Thes 2:3; Dan 11:35, 37-38, 2Tim 3:1, 13; 1Pet 1:20; 2Pet 2:1; 3:3; 1John 2:18; Jude 1:4, 18, 37-38, 2Tim 3:1, 13; Rev 9:20; 16:14

Hebrews 13:9

9 Stop being ^{▼▼Or Do not be} carried away by all kinds of unusual teachings, for it is good that the heart be strengthened by grace, not by food laws ^{▼▼Lit. by foods} that have never helped those who follow them.Rom 14:17; Eph 4:14; 5:6; Col 2:4, 8, 16; 1Tim 4:3; 1John 4:1

2 Peter 3:17

17 And so, dear friends, since you already know these things, continually be on your guard not to be carried away by the deception of lawless people, lest you fall from your secure position.Mark 13:23; Eph 4:14; 2Pet 1:10-12; 2:18