Bible verses about "manipulation" | Wesley

⁴ And Jesus answering said, Take heed that no man deceive you.

⁴ Love suffereth long and is kind; love envieth not; love acteth not rashly, is not puffed up: ⁵ Doth not behave indecently, seeketh not her own, is not provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not at iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth: ⁶ Covereth all things, ⁷ believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

¹⁸ For such serve not the Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches, deceive the hearts of the simple.

¹⁰ Finally, brethren, be strong through the Lord, and through the power of his might. ¹¹ Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. ¹² For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the world, of the darkness of this age, against wicked spirits in heavenly places. ¹³ Wherefore take to you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ And having your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. ¹⁶ Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, ¹⁸ which is the word of God, Praying alway by the Spirit with all prayer and supplication, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints,

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, adultery, fornication, ²⁰ uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, enmities, contentions, ²¹ emulations, wraths, strifes, divisions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of which I tell you before (as I have also told you in time past) that they who practise such things, shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

¹ Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free, and be not intangled again with the yoke of bondage.

¹ But the spirit saith expresly, that in the later times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils,

⁶ That none circumvent or defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger of all these things, as we have also told you before and testified.

²⁰ If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God, whom he hath not seen?

⁴ being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised, Because of false brethren introduced unawares, who came in privily, to spy out our liberty which we have through Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

¹⁴ And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

¹⁵ But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

¹ But know this, that in the last days grievous times will come. ² For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, arrogant, proud, evil-speakers, ³ disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, Without natural affection, covenant-breakers, slanderers, intemperate, fierce, despisers of good men, ⁴ Traitors, rash, puffed up, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God; ⁵ Having a form of godliness but denying the power of it.