What Does the Bible Say About Pretending To Be?

John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

John 15:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

John 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Proverbs 16:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Hebrews 4:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

1 Corinthians 13:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

Romans 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”

Luke 6:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

Luke 6:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

Matthew 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.

Proverbs 26:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends.

Proverbs 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Better to be lowly and have a servant than to play the great man and lack bread.

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

Genesis 4:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”

Genesis 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.

Genesis 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.”

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

35 Bible Verses about Pretending To Be

John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 4:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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35 Bible Verses about Pretending To Be

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John 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 15:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 16:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Hebrews 4:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 5:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 13:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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Romans 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 2:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 6:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 26:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 18:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 17:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 12:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 4:25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 4:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 4:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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