Romans 16:18

New English Translation

For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:6

Absalom acted this way toward everyone in Israel who came to the king for justice. In this way Absalom won the loyalty of the citizens of Israel.

2 Chronicles 18:5

So the king of Israel assembled 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” They said, “Attack! God will hand it over to the king.”

Psalm 119:130

Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained.

Psalm 12:2

People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

Psalm 19:7

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one’s life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

Proverbs 14:15

A naive person believes everything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps.

Proverbs 22:3

A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.

Proverbs 8:5

You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!

Jeremiah 23:17

They continually say to those who reject what the Lord has said, ‘Things will go well for you!’ They say to all those who follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts, ‘Nothing bad will happen to you!’

Ezekiel 13:16

those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace,” declares the sovereign Lord.’

Ezekiel 13:19

You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. You have put to death people who should not die and kept alive those who should not live by your lies to my people, who listen to lies!

Daniel 11:34

When they stumble, they will be granted some help. But many will unite with them deceitfully.

Micah 3:5

This is what the Lord says: “The prophets who mislead my people are as good as dead. If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him.

Malachi 1:10

“I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and I will no longer accept an offering from you.

Matthew 24:11

And many false prophets will appear and deceive many,

Matthew 24:24

For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Matthew 7:15

“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.

John 12:26

If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Romans 14:18

For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.

Romans 16:19

Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God.

2 Corinthians 4:2

But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience before God.

Galatians 1:10

Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!

Philippians 2:21

Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.

Colossians 2:4

I say this so that no one will deceive you through arguments that sound reasonable.

Colossians 3:24

because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit.

James 1:1

From James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings!

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.

Jude 1:1

From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ.

Jude 1:12

These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit – twice dead, uprooted;

Jude 1:16

These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.

Revelation 1:1

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must happen very soon. He made it clear by sending his angel to his servant John,

1 Samuel 2:29

Why are you scorning my sacrifice and my offering that I commanded for my dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than you have me by having made yourselves fat from the best parts of all the offerings of my people Israel.’