Beware that no one rob you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the traditions of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.

Let no one condemn you, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, being puffed up without cause by his fleshly mind,

And Jesus answered and said to them: Take heed that no one leads you astray.

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

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

Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.

For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.

For your obedience has reached to everyone. Therefore I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise unto what is good, and simple toward evil.

But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Why? Because I do not love you? God knows.

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.

And this occurred because of false brethren secretly brought in (who came in by stealth to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage),

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,

Let no one beguile you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders,

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

Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, being devoted to corrupting spirits and doctrines of demons,

speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared,

But shun profane and idle babblings, for they will proceed to more ungodliness.

But evil men and pretenders will grow worse and worse, leading astray and being led astray.

For there are many insubordinate, idle talkers and seducers, especially those of the circumcision,

whose mouths must be stopped, who overturn whole households, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.

Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,

if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have risen up, by which we know that it is the last hour.

These things I have written to you concerning those who try to lead you astray.

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.

For many corrupters have gone out into the world who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is a corrupter and an antichrist.

So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who leads the whole world astray; he was cast out onto the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

And all who dwell on the earth will do homage to him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should not lead astray the nations any more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.

and will go out to lead astray the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.

And my speech and my preaching were not with enticing words of human wisdom, but in proof of the Spirit and of power,