Bible Verses About Gnosticism
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for gnosticism, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 433 votes, led by 1 Timothy 6:20-21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Gnosticism
1 Timothy 6:20-2175 votes
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
Colossians 2:857 votes
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.
1 John 4:253 votes
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
1 Corinthians 1:18-3134 votes
For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
2 Timothy 3:1634 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
1 John 4:325 votes
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
John 14:623 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
1 John 2:2222 votes
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1 John 4:2-322 votes
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
John 1:1418 votes
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
1 Corinthians 2:6-818 votes
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
1 John 2:1-2916 votes
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
Revelation 2:1514 votes
So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
1 Corinthians 2:712 votes
But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
Colossians 1:1-2910 votes
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
What does the Bible say about gnosticism?
Readers most often cite 1 Timothy 6:20-21 on the subject of gnosticism. Across 433 votes, 15 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Colossians 2:8, 1 John 4:2, 1 Corinthians 1:18-31. This page lists all 15 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.