Question

Whom of the following warned their readers about false teachers? Select all that apply.

Matthew
John
Writer of Hebrews
Jude
Luke
Mark
Paul
Peter

Answer 1

All of them. Each of the listed New Testament writers warns about false teachers or false teaching. Examples:

- Matthew: Matthew 7:15 “Beware of false prophets…”
- Mark: Mark 13:22 (and Mark 8:15) warn about false christs/false teaching.
- Luke: Luke 21:8 and Luke 12:1 warn about false teachers/“the leaven” of the Pharisees.
- John: 1 John 4:1; 2 John warns against deceivers/antichrists.
- Hebrews (writer): Hebrews 13:9 (“Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teaching”) (see also Hebrews 2:1).
- Paul: many passages (e.g. Acts 20:29–30, Galatians 1:6–9, 2 Cor 11:13–15) warn against false teachers.
- Peter: 2 Peter 2 (and 2 Peter 3:17) warn about false teachers.
- Jude: Jude 1:4–16 explicitly condemns false teachers.