plane denotes a misleading departure from truth, expressed in false teaching, deceptive claims, or a way from which sinners turn.

The occurrences present a single broad use: a misleading departure from what is true or right. It is contrasted with truth, disavowed as the source of encouragement, attached to deceptive teaching and lawless influence, and described as a way from which a sinner may be turned.

1. Misleading departure from truth or right conduct · dominant

   The genitive singular form marks what is set against “the spirit of truth” in 1 John 4:6; the APB renders the contrast as “the spirit of error.” In 1 Thessalonians 2:3 encouragement is said not to spring from it, while James 5:20 speaks of turning a sinner from the error of his way. The dative singular form occurs in warnings about being led away by lawless people in 2 Peter 3:17, and Matthew 27:64 places the nominative singular form in a feared deceptive public claim about resurrection.

   1 John 4:61 Thessalonians 2:3James 5:202 Peter 3:17Matthew 27:64Ephesians 4:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “error” in several clauses, while Matthew 27:64 has “deception” and 2 Thessalonians 2:11 has “delusion.” These are verse-level renderings rather than fixed word-for-word equivalents.