Ephesians 4:14

14so that we may no longer be children, atossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in bdeceitful schemes.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-10

9The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan cwith all power and false signs and wonders, 10and with all wicked deception for dthose who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

1 Timothy 4:1-2

Some Will Depart from the Faith

1Now ethe Spirit expressly says that fin later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to gdeceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2through the insincerity of hliars whose consciences are seared,

Titus 1:10-12

10For there are many who are insubordinate, iempty talkers and deceivers, especially those of jthe circumcision party.
Or  especially those of the circumcision
11They must be silenced, since lthey are upsetting whole families by teaching mfor shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 12 nOne of the Cretans,
Greek  One of them
a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”
Probably from Epimenides of Crete

Revelation of John 13:11-14

The Second Beast

11Then qI saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon. 12It exercises all the authority of the first beast in its presence,
Or on its behalf
and makes the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, swhose mortal wound was healed.
13 tIt performs great signs, even umaking fire come down from heaven to earth in front of people, 14and by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of
Or on behalf of
the beast wit deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast xthat was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

Revelation of John 19:20

20And the beast was captured, and with it ythe false prophet zwho in its presence
Or on its behalf
had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who abworshiped its image. These two were acthrown alive into the lake of adfire that burns with sulfur.
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