1 Timothy 4:2
influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.
BSB
ASV
through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a hot iron;
KJV
Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
Such are the words and deeds by which, in our own district of the Rhone, they have deluded many women, who have their consciences seared as with a hot iron.
(6.) Men must be hardened, and their consciences seared, before they can depart from the faith, and draw in others to side with them. (7.) It is a sign that men have departed from the faith when they will command what God has forbidden, such as saint and angel or demon-worship; and forbid what God has allowed or commanded, such as marriage and meats.
Professing to lead others to holiness, their own conscience is all the while defiled. Bad consciences always have recourse to hypocrisy. As faith and a good conscience are joined (1Ti 1:5); so hypocrisy (that is, unbelief, Mt 24:5, 51; compare Lu 12:46) and a bad conscience here.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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2 Timothy 3:5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!
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Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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Matthew 24:24For 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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The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
And the second beast performed great signs to cause even fire from heaven to come down to earth in the presence of the people.
and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.