1 Timothy 4:1
But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,
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2Through the false ways of men whose words are untrue, whose hearts are burned as with a heated iron;
Cross References
Genesis 3:13And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.
Deuteronomy 4:30When you are in trouble and all these things have come on you, if, in the future, you are turned again to the Lord your God, and give ear to his voice:
1 Kings 22:22And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.
Isaiah 2:2And it will come about in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord will be placed on the top of the mountains, and be lifted up over the hills; and all nations will come to it.
Jeremiah 49:39But it will come about that, in the last days, I will let the fate of Elam be changed, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 38:16And you will come up against my people Israel, like a cloud covering the land; and it will come about, in the last days, that I will make you come against my land, so that the nations may have knowledge of me when I make myself holy in you, O Gog, before their eyes.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 4:1
Paul here foretels, I. A dreadful apostasy, ver. 1-3 . II. He treats of Christian liberty, ver. 4, 5 . III. He gives Timothy divers directions with respect to himself, his doctrine, and the people under his care, ver. 6, to the end . Read the whole commentary →