Bible verses about grace false doctrine in the new testament

Here are some Bible verses that address the topic of grace and false doctrine in the New Testament:

False doctrine and its consequences

• "But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God's curse!" - Galatians 1:8
• "As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God's curse!" - Galatians 1:9
• "For if someone comes and preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit, which you have not received, or a different gospel, which you have not accepted, you put up with it easily enough." - 2 Corinthians 11:4

The importance of faith and not works

• "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast." - Ephesians 2:8-9
• "For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law." - Romans 3:28
• "But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe." - Romans 3:21-22

The danger of adding works to faith

• "For if justification comes through the Law, then Christ died for nothing." - Galatians 2:21
• "You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace." - Galatians 5:4
• "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love." - Galatians 5:6

The sufficiency of Christ's work

• "He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior." - Titus 3:5-6
• "For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we are awake or asleep, we might live together with him." - 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10
• "And he died for all, that those who live might live no longer for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised again." - 2 Corinthians 5:15

The importance of staying true to the gospel

• "I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—which is really no gospel at all." - Galatians 1:6
• "But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God's curse!" - Galatians 1:8
• "So, from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" - 2 Corinthians 5:16-17