1 Timothy 4:1

New Century Version

Now the Holy Spirit clearly says that in the later times some people will stop believing the faith. They will follow spirits that lie and teachings of demons.

Cross References

Genesis 3:13

Then the Lord God said to the woman, “How could you have done such a thing?” She answered, “The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit.”

1 Kings 13:18

Then the old prophet said, “But I also am a prophet like you.” Then he told a lie. He said, “An angel from the Lord came to me and told me to bring you to my home. He said you should eat and drink with me.”

Isaiah 2:2

In the last days the mountain on which the Lord’s Temple stands will become the most important of all mountains. It will be raised above the hills, and people from all nations will come streaming to it.

Jeremiah 23:26

How long will this continue in the minds of these lying prophets? They prophesy from their own wishful thinking.

Jeremiah 48:47

“But in days to come, I will make good things happen again to Moab,” says the Lord. This ends the judgment on Moab.

Jeremiah 49:39

“But I will make good things happen to Elam again in the future,” says the Lord.

Ezekiel 1:3

The Lord spoke his word to Ezekiel son of Buzi in the land of the Babylonians by the Kebar River. There he felt the power of the Lord.

Ezekiel 38:16

You will attack my people Israel like a cloud that covers the land. This will happen in the days to come when I bring you against my land. Gog, then the nations will know me when they see me prove how holy I am in what I do through you.

Daniel 10:14

Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people, because the vision is about a time in the future.”

Hosea 3:5

After this, the people of Israel will return to the Lord their God and follow him and the king from David’s family. In the last days they will turn in fear to the Lord, and he will bless them.

Micah 4:1

In the last days the mountain on which the Lord’s Temple stands will become the most important of all mountains. It will be raised above the hills, and people from other nations will come streaming to it.

Numbers 24:14

Now I am going back to my own people, but I will tell you what these people will do to your people in the future.”

Matthew 18:7

How terrible for the people of the world because of the things that cause them to sin. Such things will happen, but how terrible for the one who causes them to happen!

Luke 17:1

Jesus said to his followers, “Things that cause people to sin will happen, but how terrible for the person who causes them to happen!

John 16:13

But when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all truth. He will not speak his own words, but he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is to come.

Acts 13:2

They were all worshiping the Lord and fasting for a certain time. During this time the Holy Spirit said to them, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul to do a special work for which I have chosen them.”

Acts 17:18

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him, saying, “This man doesn’t know what he is talking about. What is he trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be telling us about some other gods,” because Paul was telling them about Jesus and his rising from the dead.

Acts 20:23

I know only that in every city the Holy Spirit tells me that troubles and even jail wait for me.

Acts 21:11

He came to us and borrowed Paul’s belt and used it to tie his own hands and feet. He said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘This is how evil people in Jerusalem will tie up the man who wears this belt. Then they will give him to the older leaders.’ ”

Acts 28:25

So they argued and began leaving after Paul said one more thing to them: “The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your ancestors through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

1 Corinthians 10:20

But I say that what is sacrificed to idols is offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to share anything with demons.

1 Corinthians 11:19

(It is necessary to have differences among you so that it may be clear which of you really have God’s approval.)

1 Corinthians 12:11

One Spirit, the same Spirit, does all these things, and the Spirit decides what to give each person.

1 Corinthians 2:10

But God has shown us these things through the Spirit. The Spirit searches out all things, even the deep secrets of God.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that your minds will be led away from your true and pure following of Christ just as Eve was tricked by the snake with his evil ways.

Deuteronomy 32:29

I wish they were wise and understood this; I wish they could see what will happen to them.

Deuteronomy 4:30

It will be hard when all these things happen to you. But after that you will come back to the Lord your God and obey him,

Colossians 2:18

Do not let anyone disqualify you by making you humiliate yourself and worship angels. Such people enter into visions, which fill them with foolish pride because of their human way of thinking.

2 Timothy 3:13

But people who are evil and cheat others will go from bad to worse. They will fool others, but they will also be fooling themselves.

2 Timothy 4:4

They will stop listening to the truth and will begin to follow false stories.

James 3:15

That kind of “wisdom” does not come from God but from the world. It is not spiritual; it is from the devil.

1 Peter 1:20

Christ was chosen before the world was made, but he was shown to the world in these last times for your sake.

2 Peter 2:1

There used to be false prophets among God’s people, just as you will have some false teachers in your group. They will secretly teach things that are wrong—teachings that will cause people to be lost. They will even refuse to accept the Master, Jesus, who bought their freedom. So they will bring quick ruin on themselves.

2 Peter 3:3

It is most important for you to understand what will happen in the last days. People will laugh at you. They will live doing the evil things they want to do.

1 John 2:18

My dear children, these are the last days. You have heard that the enemy of Christ is coming, and now many enemies of Christ are already here. This is how we know that these are the last days.

1 John 4:6

But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. But those who are not from God do not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit that is true and the spirit that is false.

Jude 1:18

They said to you, “In the last times there will be people who laugh about God, following their own evil desires which are against God.”

Jude 1:4

Some people have secretly entered your group. Long ago the prophets wrote about these people who will be judged guilty. They are against God and have changed the grace of our God into a reason for sexual sin. They also refuse to accept Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord.

Revelation 13:14

It fools those who live on earth by the miracles it has been given the power to do. It does these miracles to serve the first beast. The second beast orders people to make an idol to honor the first beast, the one that was wounded by the deadly sword but sprang to life again.

Revelation 16:14

These evil spirits are the spirits of demons, which have power to do miracles. They go out to the kings of the whole world to gather them together for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.

Revelation 18:2

He shouted in a powerful voice: “Ruined, ruined is the great city of Babylon! She has become a home for demons and a prison for every evil spirit, and a prison for every unclean bird and unclean beast.

Revelation 18:23

The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the world’s great people, and all the nations were tricked by your magic.

Revelation 19:20

But the beast was captured and with him the false prophet who did the miracles for the beast. The false prophet had used these miracles to trick those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped his idol. The false prophet and the beast were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Revelation 2:11

“Everyone who has ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. Those who win the victory will not be hurt by the second death.

Revelation 2:17

“Everyone who has ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. “I will give some of the hidden manna to everyone who wins the victory. I will also give to each one who wins the victory a white stone with a new name written on it. No one knows this new name except the one who receives it.

Revelation 2:29

Everyone who has ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

Revelation 2:7

“Every person who has ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To those who win the victory I will give the right to eat the fruit from the tree of life, which is in the garden of God.

Revelation 20:10

And Satan, who tricked them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur with the beast and the false prophet. There they will be punished day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 20:8

Then he will go out to trick the nations in all the earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them for battle. There are so many people they will be like sand on the seashore.

Revelation 3:13

Everyone who has ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

Revelation 3:22

Everyone who has ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.”

Revelation 3:6

Everyone who has ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

Revelation 9:20

The other people who were not killed by these terrible disasters still did not change their hearts and turn away from what they had made with their own hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—things that cannot see or hear or walk.