"For manywill comein My name,saying,'I amthe Christ,'and will misleadmany.
Then the LORDsaidto me, "The prophetsare prophesyingfalsehoodin My name.I have neithersentthem norcommandedthem norspokento them; they are prophesyingto you a false vision,divination,futilityand the deceptionof their own minds.
"I did not send[these] prophets,But they ran.I did not speakto them, But they prophesied.
"I have heardwhatthe prophetshave saidwho prophesyfalselyin My name,saying,'I hada dream,I hada dream!'
"Thussaysthe LORD,Do not deceiveyourselves,saying,"The Chaldeanswill surelygoaway from us," for they will not go.
"Manyfalse prophetswill ariseand will misleadmany.
"For false Christsand false prophetswill ariseand will showgreatsignsand wonders,soas to mislead,ifpossible,eventhe elect.
"I have comein My Father'sname,and you do not receiveMe; ifanothercomesin his ownname,you will receivehim.
"ThereforeI saidto you that you will diein your sins;for unlessyou believethat I am[He], you will diein your sins."
SoJesussaid,"Whenyou liftup the Sonof Man,thenyou will knowthat I am[He], and I donothingon My own initiative,but I speakthese thingsas the FathertaughtMe.
Children,it is the lasthour;and justas you heardthat antichristis coming,evennowmanyantichristshave appeared;from thiswe knowthat it is the lasthour.
Whois the liarbut the one who deniesthat Jesusis the Christ?Thisis the antichrist,the one who deniesthe Fatherand the Son.
and everyspiritthat does not confessJesusis not from God;thisis the [spirit] of the antichrist,of whichyou have heardthat it is coming,and nowit is alreadyin the world.
Allwho dwellon the earthwill worshiphim, [everyone] whosenamehas not been writtenfrom the foundationof the worldin the bookof lifeof the Lambwho has been slain.
