Acts 20:30

The Passion Translation

Even some from among your very own ranks will rise up, twisting the truth to seduce people into following them instead of Jesus.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:1

It’s better to be honest, even if it leads to poverty, than to live as a dishonest fool.

Proverbs 23:33

It will make you hallucinate, mumble, and speak words that are perverse.

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers are dripping with the guilt of sin. Lies spill from your lips and your tongue mutters treachery.

Daniel 11:34

During this persecution, God’s people will receive little help, though many will join with them insincerely.

Matthew 23:15

“Great sorrow awaits you religious scholars and you Pharisees—such frauds and pretenders! For you will travel over land and sea to find one disciple, only to make him twice the child of hell as yourselves.

Acts 11:26

Together Saul and Barnabas ministered there for a full year, equipping the growing church and teaching the vast number of new converts. It was in Antioch that the followers of Jesus were first revealed as “anointed ones.”

Acts 21:38

Aren’t you that Egyptian fanatic who started a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?”

2 Corinthians 11:13

For they are not true apostles but deceitful ministers who masquerade as “special apostles” of the Anointed One.

1 Timothy 5:13

Those widows who go around from house to house as busybodies are only learning to be lazy, making their situation even worse by talking too much, gossiping, and speaking things they shouldn’t. They become far too obsessed with empty things that will not bear good fruit.

1 Timothy 6:5

They add misery to many lives by corrupting their minds and cheating them of the truth. They equate the worship of God with making great sums of money.

2 Peter 2:18

They spout off with their grandiose, impressive nonsense. Consumed with the lusts of the flesh, they lure back into sin those who recently escaped from their error.

1 John 2:19

For even though they were once a part of us, they withdrew from us because they were never really of our number. For if they had truly belonged to us they would have continued with us. By leaving our community of believers they made it obvious that they never really belonged to us.

2 John 1:7

Numerous deceivers have surfaced from among us and gone out into the world, people who will not acknowledge Jesus Christ coming as a man. These deceivers are antichrists!

Revelation 2:6

Although, to your credit, you despise the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also despise.