1 Timothy 4:1

The Text-Critical English New Testament

Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will fall away from the faith and occupy themselves with deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

Cross References

Matthew 18:7

“Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, yet woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!

Luke 17:1

Then Jesus said to the disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

John 16:13

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you what is to come.

Acts 13:2

As they were serving 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

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. Some said, “What is this babbler trying to say?” But others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities.” (They said this because he was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

Acts 20:23

except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.

Acts 21:11

He came to us and took Paul's belt, and binding his own feet and hands, he said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’ ”

Acts 28:25

So they were in disagreement with one another and began to leave after Paul made this one final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right in saying to our fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

1 Corinthians 10:20

No, I am saying that what the pagans sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be participants with demons.

1 Corinthians 11:19

For there must be factions among you to show which of you are approved.

1 Corinthians 12:11

All these gifts are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who distributes to each person individually just as he wills.

1 Corinthians 2:10

Now God has revealed these things to us through his Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds will be led astray from simple devotion to Christ.

Colossians 2:18

Let no one who delights in false humility and angelic religion disqualify you. Such a person takes his stand on things he has not seen, being puffed up without reason by the mind of his flesh,

2 Timothy 3:13

But evil people and imposters will become worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

2 Timothy 4:4

They will turn their ears away from the truth and be turned aside to myths.

James 3:15

This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.

1 Peter 1:20

He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.

2 Peter 2:1

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies. They will even deny the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

2 Peter 3:3

First of all, you must understand that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts.

1 John 2:18

Children, it is the last hour, and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour.

1 John 4:6

We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Jude 1:18

how they said to you, “In the end times there will be scoffers who walk according to their own ungodly lusts.”

Jude 1:4

For certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have crept in unnoticed. They are ungodly men who pervert the grace of our God, turning it into a license for sensuality. By doing so, they deny God, who is our only Master, and also the Lord Jesus Christ.

Revelation 13:14

By the signs he was permitted to do in the presence of the first beast, he deceived my own people who dwell on the earth, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image of the first beast, who had the wound from the sword but still lived.

Revelation 16:14

They are demonic spirits performing signs, who go out to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for battle on that great day of God, the Almighty.

Revelation 18:2

He cried out with a mighty voice, “Fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, and a haunt for every unclean and hated bird.

Revelation 18:23

The light of a lamp will never shine in yoʋ again. The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in yoʋ again. For yoʋr merchants were the magnates of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by yoʋr sorcery.

Revelation 19:20

But the beast was captured, and so was the false prophet who was with him, who in his sight performed the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image. The two of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Revelation 2:11

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. He who overcomes will certainly not be harmed by the second death.’

Revelation 2:17

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone will be written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.’

Revelation 2:29

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.’

Revelation 2:7

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give the right to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of my God.’

Revelation 20:10

And the devil, who had deceived them, was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Revelation 20:8

and will go out to deceive the nations that are 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

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.’

Revelation 3:22

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.’ ”

Revelation 3:6

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the churches.’

Revelation 9:20

The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent from the works of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.