"Prophets or interpreters of dreams may promise a miracle or a wonder,

do not pay any attention to them. The LORD your God is using them to test you, to see if you love the LORD with all your heart.

But put to death any interpreters of dreams or prophets that tell you to rebel against the LORD, who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves. Such people are evil and are trying to lead you away from the life that the LORD has commanded you to live. They must be put to death, in order to rid yourselves of this evil.

A fool will believe anything; smart people watch their step.

prophets speak nothing but lies; priests rule as the prophets command, and my people offer no objections. But what will they do when it all comes to an end?"

I, the LORD, the God of Israel, warn you not to let yourselves be deceived by the prophets who live among you or by any others who claim they can predict the future. Do not pay any attention to their dreams.

They are telling you lies in my name. I did not send them. I, the LORD Almighty, have spoken.'

"Be on your guard against false prophets; they come to you looking like sheep on the outside, but on the inside they are really like wild wolves.

You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs.

Jesus answered, "Watch out, and do not let anyone fool you.

Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, 'I am the Messiah!' and they will fool many people.

For those who do such things are not serving Christ our Lord, but their own appetites. By their fine words and flattering speech they deceive innocent people.

False prophets appeared in the past among the people, and in the same way false teachers will appear among you. They will bring in destructive, untrue doctrines, and will deny the Master who redeemed them, and so they will bring upon themselves sudden destruction.

"Why do you not judge for yourselves the right thing to do?

The people there were more open-minded than the people in Thessalonica. They listened to the message with great eagerness, and every day they studied the Scriptures to see if what Paul said was really true.

Everyone has heard of your loyalty to the gospel, and for this reason I am happy about you. I want you to be wise about what is good, but innocent in what is evil.

Two or three who are given God's message should speak, while the others are to judge what they say.

Put all things to the test: keep what is good

I know what you have done; I know how hard you have worked and how patient you have been. I know that you cannot tolerate evil people and that you have tested those who say they are apostles but are not, and have found out that they are liars.

My children, the end is near! You were told that the Enemy of Christ would come; and now many enemies of Christ have already appeared, and so we know that the end is near.

Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, 'I am the Messiah!' and they will fool many people.

"Then, if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or 'There he is!'---do not believe it.

Listen! I have told you this ahead of time.

"Then, if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or, 'Look, there he is!'---do not believe it.

Jesus said, "Watch out; don't be fooled. Many men, claiming to speak for me, will come and say, 'I am he!' and, 'The time has come!' But don't follow them.

I know that after I leave, fierce wolves will come among you, and they will not spare the flock.

The Spirit says clearly that some people will abandon the faith in later times; they will obey lying spirits and follow the teachings of demons.

and evil persons and impostors will keep on going from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves.

False prophets appeared in the past among the people, and in the same way false teachers will appear among you. They will bring in destructive, untrue doctrines, and will deny the Master who redeemed them, and so they will bring upon themselves sudden destruction.

Many deceivers have gone out over the world, people who do not acknowledge that Jesus Christ came as a human being. Such a person is a deceiver and the Enemy of Christ.