aActs 15:24; 2 Cor. 11:26; [ch. 5:12]
b[2 Pet. 2:1; Jude 4]
cSee ch. 5:1
dch. 4:3, 9, 24, 25; 2 Cor. 11:20; [Rom. 8:15]
eDeut. 13:1; See Matt. 7:15
fActs 20:30; 2 Cor. 11:13; 1 Tim. 4:1; [Matt. 24:11]
gJude 4; [Matt. 10:33; Gal. 2:4]
h1 Cor. 6:20; 7:23; Gal. 3:13; 4:5; Rev. 5:9; [Ex. 15:16; 1 Pet. 1:18; Rev. 14:3, 4]
iJer. 29:8
j1 Thess. 5:21; [1 Cor. 12:10; 14:29; Rev. 2:2]
kSee ch. 2:18
l2 Pet. 2:1
m2 John 7
nver. 19; ch. 3:1, 8, 15
oSee 1 John 4:1
pSee 2 Cor. 11:13

Galatians 2:4

4 aYet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who bslipped in to spy out cour freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, dso that they might bring us into slavery—

2 Peter 2:1

False Prophets and Teachers

1But efalse prophets also arose among the people, fjust as there will be false teachers among you, who will gsecretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master hwho bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

1 John 4:1

Test the Spirits

1Beloved, ido not believe every spirit, but jtest the spirits to see whether they are from God, for kmany lfalse prophets mhave gone out into the world.

Revelation of John 2:2

2 n“‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but ohave tested those pwho call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.
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