How long? Will the hearts of the prophets ever turn back—those who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart?
Galatians 1:7 - New Revised Standard Version not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are confusing you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Not that there is [or could be] any other [genuine Gospel], but there are [obviously] some who are troubling and disturbing and bewildering you [with a different kind of teaching which they offer as a gospel] and want to pervert and distort the Gospel of Christ (the Messiah) [into something which it absolutely is not]. American Standard Version (1901) which is not another gospel: only there are some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. Common English Bible It’s not really another gospel, but certain people are confusing you and they want to change the gospel of Christ. Catholic Public Domain Version For there is no other, except that there are some persons who disturb you and who want to overturn the Gospel of Christ. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Which is not another, only there are some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. |
How long? Will the hearts of the prophets ever turn back—those who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart?
But “the burden of the Lord” you shall mention no more, for the burden is everyone's own word, and so you pervert the words of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God.
For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce great signs and omens, to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
Since we have heard that certain persons who have gone out from us, though with no instructions from us, have said things to disturb you and have unsettled your minds,
Some even from your own group will come distorting the truth in order to entice the disciples to follow them.
For such boasters are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
For we are not peddlers of God's word like so many; but in Christ we speak as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God and standing in his presence.
We have renounced the shameful things that one hides; we refuse to practice cunning or to falsify God's word; but by the open statement of the truth we commend ourselves to the conscience of everyone in the sight of God.
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—
But because of false believers secretly brought in, who slipped in to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might enslave us—
They make much of you, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you may make much of them.
I am confident about you in the Lord that you will not think otherwise. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty.
From now on, let no one make trouble for me; for I carry the marks of Jesus branded on my body.
who have swerved from the truth by claiming that the resurrection has already taken place. They are upsetting the faith of some.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Do not receive into the house or welcome anyone who comes to you and does not bring this teaching;
Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh; any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist!
For certain intruders have stolen in among you, people who long ago were designated for this condemnation as ungodly, who pervert the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
The great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
and by the signs that it is allowed to perform on behalf of the beast, it deceives the inhabitants of earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet lived;
And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed in its presence the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
“I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance. I know that you cannot tolerate evildoers; you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them to be false.
But I have this against you: you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet and is teaching and beguiling my servants to practice fornication and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
Yet this is to your credit: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
and threw him into the pit, and locked and sealed it over him, so that he would deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be let out for a little while.