1 John 2:18

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1 John 2:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

17 The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.

19 They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

20 You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

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But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.

Hebrews 1:2

But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.

1 Peter 1:5

who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 1:20

He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.

2 Peter 3:3

Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

Jude 1:18

when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”

1 John 4:3

and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.

Matthew 24:5

For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.

Matthew 24:11

and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.

Matthew 24:24

For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

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Many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and will deceive many.

Mark 13:21

At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.

Mark 13:22

For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

Acts 20:29

I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

Acts 20:30

Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.

2 Thessalonians 2:4

He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.

2 Thessalonians 2:5

Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you?

2 Thessalonians 2:6

And you know what is now restraining him, so that he may be revealed at the proper time.

2 Thessalonians 2:7

For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, but the one who now restrains it will continue until he is taken out of the way.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

2 Thessalonians 2:9

The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,

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and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

2 Thessalonians 2:11

For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,

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in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

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Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

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influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

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They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

2 Timothy 3:2

For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

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unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,

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traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

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having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!

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They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

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So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

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For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.