Apostasy

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. — read the full passage →

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, — read the full passage →

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; — read the full passage →

But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. — read the full passage →

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. — read the full passage →

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. — read the full passage →

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. — read the full passage →

If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.

But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.

And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.

But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: — read the full passage →

And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: — read the full passage →

Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;

So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, — read the full passage →

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim: — read the full passage →

But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; — read the full passage →

Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; — read the full passage →

But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. — read the full passage →

Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: — read the full passage →

I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. — read the full passage →

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: — read the full passage →

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. — read the full passage →

Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.

Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, — read the full passage →

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. — read the full passage →

But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. — read the full passage →

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.

And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. — read the full passage →

Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. — read the full passage →

And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him. — read the full passage →

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. — read the full passage →

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. — read the full passage →

Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. — read the full passage →

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. — read the full passage →

He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. — read the full passage →

Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. — read the full passage →

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. — read the full passage →

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. — read the full passage →

So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. — read the full passage →

Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake. — read the full passage →

(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: — read the full passage →

Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? — read the full passage →

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. — read the full passage →

But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. — read the full passage →

Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. — read the full passage →

For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; — read the full passage →

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; — read the full passage →

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. — read the full passage →

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. — read the full passage →

If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. — read the full passage →

And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. — read the full passage →

For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. — read the full passage →

I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. — read the full passage →

Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. — read the full passage →

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, — read the full passage →

But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. — read the full passage →

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. — read the full passage →

And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. — read the full passage →

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. — read the full passage →

They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. — read the full passage →

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. — read the full passage →

Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. — read the full passage →

And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. — read the full passage →

And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth–el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. — read the full passage →

And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: — read the full passage →

Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. — read the full passage →