Mat 24:24, Act 8:9, 2Th 2:3-7, 2Pe 2:18, Jude 16, Rev 17:3, 5 | ESV | STEP | For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders , so as to lead astray , if possible , even the elect .

Matthew 24:24

24 For ^afalse christs and ^bfalse prophets will arise and ^cperform great signs and wonders, ^dso as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Acts 8:9

Simon the Magician Believes

9 But there was a man named Simon, ^ewho had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, ^fsaying that he himself was somebody great.

2 Thessalonians 2:3-7

3 ^gLet no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, ^hunless the rebellion comes first, and ⁱthe man of lawlessness ^{▼▼Some manuscripts sin} is revealed, ^kthe son of destruction, ^{▼▼Greek the son of perdition (a Hebrew idiom)} 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, ^mproclaiming himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 7 For ⁿthe mystery of lawlessness ^ois already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.

2 Peter 2:18

18 For, ^pspeaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely ^qescaping from those who live in error.

Jude 16

16 These are grumblers, malcontents, ^rfollowing their own sinful desires; ^sthey are loud-mouthed boasters, ^tshowing favoritism to gain advantage.

Revelation of John 17:3

3 And ^uhe carried me away in the Spirit ^vinto a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on ^wa scarlet beast that was full of ^xblasphemous names, and ^yit had seven heads and ten horns.

Revelation of John 17:5

5 And on her forehead was written a name of ^zmystery: ^aa“Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth’s abominations.”