To the Law and to the Testimony! If they do not speak according to this Word, it is because there is no light in them.

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily, to see whether these things are so.

that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, to see whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.

And you shall remember that Jehovah your God has led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

For You have tried us, O God; You have refined us, as silver is refined.

You called in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

For false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

For there need to also be heresies among you, that those who are approved may be recognized among you.

And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie,

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that not all of them are of us.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

And he leads astray those who dwell on the earth by means of those signs which he was granted to do in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.

And you shall love Jehovah your God with all your heart, with all your soul, exceedingly in every way.

I speak not by commandment, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the diligence of others.