Ephesians 4:14 Cross References

Ephesians 4:14

14: Then we will no longer be like children, forever changing our minds about what we believe because someone has told us something different or because someone has cleverly lied to us and made the lie sound like the truth.

Hebrews 13:9

  1. So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Your spiritual strength comes from God's special favor, not from ceremonial rules about food, which don't help those who follow them.

Romans 16:17

  1. And now I make one more appeal, my dear brothers and sisters. Watch out for people who cause divisions and upset people's faith by teaching things that are contrary to what you have been taught. Stay away from them.
  2. Such people are not serving Christ our Lord; they are serving their own personal interests. By smooth talk and glowing words they deceive innocent people.

1 Corinthians 14:20

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, don't be childish in your understanding of these things. Be innocent as babies when it comes to evil, but be mature and wise in understanding matters of this kind.

James 1:6

  1. But when you ask him, be sure that you really expect him to answer, for a doubtful mind is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

2 Corinthians 2:17

  1. You see, we are not like those hucksters--and there are many of them--who preach just to make money. We preach God's message with sincerity and with Christ's authority. And we know that the God who sent us is watching us.

Hebrews 5:12

  1. You have been Christians a long time now, and you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things a beginner must learn about the Scriptures. You are like babies who drink only milk and cannot eat solid food.
  2. And a person who is living on milk isn't very far along in the Christian life and doesn't know much about doing what is right.
  3. Solid food is for those who are mature, who have trained themselves to recognize the difference between right and wrong and then do what is right.

1 John 4:1

  1. Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world.

2 Peter 2:1

  1. But there were also false prophets in Israel, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly teach their destructive heresies about God and even turn against their Master who bought them. Theirs will be a swift and terrible end.
  2. Many will follow their evil teaching and shameful immorality. And because of them, Christ and his true way will be slandered.
  3. In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction is on the way.

Ephesians 6:11

  1. Put on all of God's armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies and tricks of the Devil.

Colossians 2:4

  1. I am telling you this so that no one will be able to deceive you with persuasive arguments.
  2. For though I am far away from you, my heart is with you. And I am very happy because you are living as you should and because of your strong faith in Christ.
  3. And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to live in obedience to him.
  4. Let your roots grow down into him and draw up nourishment from him, so you will grow in faith, strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught. Let your lives overflow with thanksgiving for all he has done.
  5. Don't let anyone lead you astray with empty philosophy and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the evil powers of this world, and not from Christ.

1 Timothy 4:6

  1. If you explain this to the brothers and sisters, you will be doing your duty as a worthy servant of Christ Jesus, one who is fed by the message of faith and the true teaching you have followed.
  2. Do not waste time arguing over godless ideas and old wives' tales. Spend your time and energy in training yourself for spiritual fitness.

Jude 1:12

  1. When these people join you in fellowship meals celebrating the love of the Lord, they are like dangerous reefs that can shipwreck you. They are shameless in the way they care only about themselves. They are like clouds blowing over dry land without giving rain, promising much but producing nothing. They are like trees without fruit at harvesttime. They are not only dead but doubly dead, for they have been pulled out by the roots.

Matthew 24:24

  1. For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great miraculous signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God's chosen ones.

2 Timothy 4:3

  1. For a time is coming when people will no longer listen to right teaching. They will follow their own desires and will look for teachers who will tell them whatever they want to hear.

Matthew 24:11

  1. And many false prophets will appear and will lead many people astray.

Galatians 3:1

  1. Oh, foolish Galatians! What magician has cast an evil spell on you? For you used to see the meaning of Jesus Christ's death as clearly as though I had shown you a signboard with a picture of Christ dying on the cross.

2 Corinthians 11:13

  1. These people are false apostles. They have fooled you by disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
  2. But I am not surprised! Even Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light.
  3. So it is no wonder his servants can also do it by pretending to be godly ministers. In the end they will get every bit of punishment their wicked deeds deserve.

Revelation 19:20

  1. And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the beast--miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. Both the beast and his false prophet were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

1 John 2:26

  1. I have written these things to you because you need to be aware of those who want to lead you astray.

2 Corinthians 11:3

  1. But I fear that somehow you will be led away from your pure and simple devotion to Christ, just as Eve was deceived by the serpent.
  2. You seem to believe whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach about a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed.

2 Timothy 3:6

  1. They are the kind who work their way into people's homes and win the confidence of vulnerable women who are burdened with the guilt of sin and controlled by many desires.
  2. Such women are forever following new teachings, but they never understand the truth.
  3. And these teachers fight the truth just as Jannes and Jambres fought against Moses. Their minds are depraved, and their faith is counterfeit.
  4. But they won't get away with this for long. Someday everyone will recognize what fools they are, just as happened with Jannes and Jambres.

Matthew 11:7

  1. When John's disciples had gone, Jesus began talking about him to the crowds. "Who is this man in the wilderness that you went out to see? Did you find him weak as a reed, moved by every breath of wind?

Acts 20:30

  1. Even some of you will distort the truth in order to draw a following.
  2. Watch out! Remember the three years I was with you--my constant watch and care over you night and day, and my many tears for you.

Galatians 1:6

  1. I am shocked that you are turning away so soon from God, who in his love and mercy called you to share the eternal life he gives through Christ. You are already following a different way
  2. that pretends to be the Good News but is not the Good News at all. You are being fooled by those who twist and change the truth concerning Christ.

Isaiah 28:9

  1. They say, "Who does the LORD think we are? Why does he speak to us like this? Are we little children, barely old enough to talk?

2 Timothy 2:17

  1. This kind of talk spreads like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are examples of this.
  2. They have left the path of truth, preaching the lie that the resurrection of the dead has already occurred; and they have undermined the faith of some.

2 Corinthians 4:2

  1. We reject all shameful and underhanded methods. We do not try to trick anyone, and we do not distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know that.

2 Timothy 3:13

  1. But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will go on deceiving others, and they themselves will be deceived.

1 Corinthians 3:1

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, when I was with you I couldn't talk to you as I would to mature Christians. I had to talk as though you belonged to this world or as though you were infants in the Christian life.
  2. I had to feed you with milk and not with solid food, because you couldn't handle anything stronger. And you still aren't ready,

1 Corinthians 12:2

  1. You know that when you were still pagans you were led astray and swept along in worshiping speechless idols.

Matthew 18:3

  1. Then he said, "I assure you, unless you turn from your sins and become as little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
  2. Therefore, anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Psalms 10:9

  1. Like lions they crouch silently, waiting to pounce on the helpless. Like hunters they capture their victims and drag them away in nets.

2 Timothy 1:15

  1. As you know, all the Christians who came here from the province of Asia have deserted me; even Phygelus and Hermogenes are gone.

2 Peter 2:18

  1. They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With lustful desire as their bait, they lure back into sin those who have just escaped from such wicked living.

James 3:4

  1. And a tiny rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot wants it to go, even though the winds are strong.

Psalms 59:3

  1. They have set an ambush for me. Fierce enemies are out there waiting, though I have done them no wrong, O LORD.

2 Thessalonians 2:9

  1. This evil man will come to do the work of Satan with counterfeit power and signs and miracles.
  2. He will use every kind of wicked deception to fool those who are on their way to destruction because they refuse to believe the truth that would save them.

Micah 7:2

  1. The godly people have all disappeared; not one fair-minded person is left on the earth. They are all murderers, even setting traps for their own brothers.

2 Thessalonians 2:2

  1. Please don't be so easily shaken and troubled by those who say that the day of the Lord has already begun. Even if they claim to have had a vision, a revelation, or a letter supposedly from us, don't believe them.
  2. Don't be fooled by what they say. For that day will not come until there is a great rebellion against God and the man of lawlessness is revealed--the one who brings destruction.
  3. He will exalt himself and defy every god there is and tear down every object of adoration and worship. He will position himself in the temple of God, claiming that he himself is God.
  4. Don't you remember that I told you this when I was with you?

Revelation 13:11

  1. Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. He had two horns like those of a lamb, and he spoke with the voice of a dragon.
  2. He exercised all the authority of the first beast. And he required all the earth and those who belong to this world to worship the first beast, whose death-wound had been healed.
  3. He did astounding miracles, such as making fire flash down to earth from heaven while everyone was watching.
  4. And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world. He ordered the people of the world to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life.

1 John 2:19

  1. These people left our churches because they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left us, it proved that they do not belong with us.

1 Timothy 3:6

  1. An elder must not be a new Christian, because he might be proud of being chosen so soon, and the Devil will use that pride to make him fall.

Acts 23:21

  1. But don't do it! There are more than forty men hiding along the way ready to jump him and kill him. They have vowed not to eat or drink until they kill him. They are ready, expecting you to agree to their request."
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