1 Timothy 4:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the last times some will turn away from the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and demonic instructions

Cross References

Genesis 3:13

The Lord God then asked the woman: What is this you have done? The woman answered, “The snake tricked me, so I ate it.”

1 Kings 13:18

But he said to him, “I, too, am a prophet like you, and an angel told me by the word of the Lord: Bring him back with you to your house to eat bread and drink water.” But he was lying to him.

Isaiah 2:2

In days to come, The mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it.

Jeremiah 23:26

How long? Will the hearts of the prophets who prophesy lies and their own deceitful fancies ever turn back?

Jeremiah 48:47

Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the days to come—oracle of the Lord. Thus far the judgment on Moab.

Jeremiah 49:39

But at the end of days I will restore the fortunes of Elam—oracle of the Lord.

Ezekiel 1:3

the word of the Lord came to the priest Ezekiel, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar. There the hand of the Lord came upon him.

Ezekiel 38:16

You shall rise up over my people Israel like a cloud covering the land. In those last days, I will let you invade my land so that the nations acknowledge me, when in their sight I show my holiness through you, Gog.

Daniel 10:14

and came to make you understand what shall happen to your people in the last days; for there is yet a vision concerning those days.”

Hosea 3:5

Afterward the Israelites will turn back and seek the Lord, their God, and David, their king; They will come trembling to the Lord and to his bounty, in the last days.

Micah 4:1

In days to come the mount of the Lord’s house Shall be established as the highest mountain; it shall be raised above the hills, And peoples shall stream to it:

Numbers 24:14

“But now that I am about to go to my own people, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”

Matthew 18:7

Woe to the world because of things that cause sin! Such things must come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

Luke 17:1

He said to his disciples, “Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the person through whom they occur.

John 16:13

But when he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you to all truth. He will not speak on his own, but he will speak what he hears, and will declare to you the things that are coming.

Acts 13:2

While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

Acts 17:18

Even some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers engaged him in discussion. Some asked, “What is this scavenger trying to say?” Others said, “He sounds like a promoter of foreign deities,” because he was preaching about ‘Jesus’ and ‘Resurrection.’

Acts 20:23

except that in one city after another the holy Spirit has been warning me that imprisonment and hardships await me.

Acts 21:11

He came up to us, took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands with it, and said, “Thus says the holy Spirit: This is the way the Jews will bind the owner of this belt in Jerusalem, and they will hand him over to the Gentiles.”

Acts 28:25

Without reaching any agreement among themselves they began to leave; then Paul made one final statement. “Well did the holy Spirit speak to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah, saying:

1 Corinthians 10:20

No, I mean that what they sacrifice, [they sacrifice] to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to become participants with demons.

1 Corinthians 11:19

there have to be factions among you in order that [also] those who are approved among you may become known.

1 Corinthians 12:11

But one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing them individually to each person as he wishes. One Body, Many Parts.

1 Corinthians 2:10

this God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit scrutinizes everything, even the depths of God.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts may be corrupted from a sincere [and pure] commitment to Christ.

Deuteronomy 32:29

If they had insight they would realize this, they would understand their end:

Deuteronomy 4:30

In your distress, when all these things shall have come upon you, you shall finally return to the Lord, your God, and listen to his voice.

Colossians 2:18

Let no one disqualify you, delighting in self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions, inflated without reason by his fleshly mind,

2 Timothy 3:13

But wicked people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived.

2 Timothy 4:4

and will stop listening to the truth and will be diverted to myths.

James 3:15

Wisdom of this kind does not come down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

1 Peter 1:20

He was known before the foundation of the world but revealed in the final time for you,

2 Peter 2:1

There were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will introduce destructive heresies and even deny the Master who ransomed them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.

2 Peter 3:3

Know this first of all, that in the last days scoffers will come [to] scoff, living according to their own desires

1 John 2:18

Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that the antichrist was coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. Thus we know this is the last hour.

1 John 4:6

We belong to God, and anyone who knows God listens to us, while anyone who does not belong to God refuses to hear us. This is how we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit. God’s Love and Christian Life.

Jude 1:18

for they told you, “In [the] last time there will be scoffers who will live according to their own godless desires.”

Jude 1:4

For there have been some intruders, who long ago were designated for this condemnation, godless persons, who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. The False Teachers.

Revelation 13:14

It deceived the inhabitants of the earth with the signs it was allowed to perform in the sight of the first beast, telling them to make an image for the beast who had been wounded by the sword and revived.

Revelation 16:14

These were demonic spirits who performed signs. They went out to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle on the great day of God the almighty.

Revelation 18:2

He cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great. She has become a haunt for demons. She is a cage for every unclean spirit, a cage for every unclean bird, [a cage for every unclean] and disgusting [beast].

Revelation 18:23

No light from a lamp will ever be seen in you again. No voices of bride and groom will ever be heard in you again. Because your merchants were the great ones of the world, all nations were led astray by your magic potion.

Revelation 19:20

The beast was caught and with it the false prophet who had performed in its sight the signs by which he led astray those who had accepted the mark of the beast and those who had worshiped its image. The two were thrown alive into the fiery pool burning with sulfur.

Revelation 2:11

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The victor shall not be harmed by the second death.”’ To Pergamum.

Revelation 2:17

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the victor I shall give some of the hidden manna; I shall also give a white amulet upon which is inscribed a new name, which no one knows except the one who receives it.”’ To Thyatira.

Revelation 2:29

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”’

Revelation 2:7

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the victor I will give the right to eat from the tree of life that is in the garden of God.”’ To Smyrna.

Revelation 20:10

The Devil who had led them astray was thrown into the pool of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. The Large White Throne.

Revelation 20:8

He will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.

Revelation 3:13

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”’ To Laodicea.

Revelation 3:22

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”’”

Revelation 3:6

“‘“Whoever has ears ought to hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”’ To Philadelphia.

Revelation 9:20

The rest of the human race, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, to give up the worship of demons and idols made from gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.