Bible Verses About Gnostics And Gnosticism

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

Direct passage against destructive heresies and denial of the Master.

And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

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O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:

Direct Bible parallel on falsely called knowledge.

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

Bible warning against philosophy and empty deceit.

And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

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This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

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Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,

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Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

Warning about self-made religion and appearance of wisdom.

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

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Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

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For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

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What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?

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Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

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Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

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A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

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But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

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I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

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The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

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These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Supports the test-the-Scriptures response to disputed teaching.

And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

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So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.

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For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Direct warning about crept-in ungodly people who deny Christ.

As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.

Shows apostolic boundary-setting against impurity and false practice.

Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.

Church discipline against one who refuses brothers.

For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

Direct Bible parallel about deceivers and antichrist.

Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

Direct warning against going beyond Christ's teaching.

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Form of godliness but denying power.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Test the spirits text.

If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

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Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

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For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

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Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

Warning about deceitful spirits and teachings of demons.

I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

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