My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back — the scenario of apostasy (planazō, wandering/going astray) from the alētheia (truth/gospel) describes the spiritual peril of believers who lose their moorings in faith. The conditional structure creates space for restoration: someone who recognizes the wandering may act to restore the wanderer. The possibility of recovery establishes that even significant spiritual failure is not irreversible if met with corrective intervention.

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