Apostasy

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be, unless the departure comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction,

For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. — read the full passage →

Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

You therefore, beloved, knowing these things beforehand, beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked, you fall from your own steadfastness.

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

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods,” which you have not known, you, nor your fathers; — read the full passage →

But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed. — read the full passage →

Then many will stumble, and will deliver up one another, and will hate one another.

But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come. — read the full passage →

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.

At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

and that whoever would not seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.

Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.

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

not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching. — read the full passage →

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.” — read the full passage →

If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.

They have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs.

But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.

“I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from him.

holding faith and a good conscience; which some having thrust away made a shipwreck concerning the faith; — read the full passage →

Many false prophets will arise, and will lead many astray.

“It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.

Behold, the days come,” says the Lord Yahweh, “that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing Yahweh’s words. — read the full passage →

certain base fellows have gone out from your midst, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods,” which you have not known;

So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of my mouth.

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts, — read the full passage →

But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and served the Baals; — read the full passage →

but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it; — read the full passage →

“Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backsliding shall reprove you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that you have forsaken Yahweh your God, and that my fear is not in you,” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

Again, when a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand.

But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and those who forsake Yahweh shall be consumed.

I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests, — read the full passage →

“But you who forsake Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny; — read the full passage →

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

“I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can’t tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and found them false.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles. — read the full passage →

The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught; — read the full passage →

When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.” — read the full passage →

men who have erred concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past, and overthrowing the faith of some.

Now, brothers, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together to him, we ask you — read the full passage →

Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit, they refuse to return.

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. — read the full passage →

But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

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

Be careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.

I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon. — read the full passage →

Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; everyone who goes out there shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, and their backsliding is increased. — read the full passage →

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

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away. — read the full passage →

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows. — read the full passage →

You are alienated from Christ, you who desire to be justified by the law. You have fallen away from grace. — read the full passage →

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him that a huge millstone should be hung around his neck, and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea. — read the full passage →

He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders. — read the full passage →

Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said to them, “It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look and see your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!” — read the full passage →

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. — read the full passage →

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

We see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief. — read the full passage →

whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake. — read the full passage →

For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ, — read the full passage →

Test your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. — read the full passage →

by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. — read the full passage →

However with most of them, God was not well pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness. — read the full passage →

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God. — read the full passage →

For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will 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 suppress the truth in unrighteousness, — read the full passage →

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood. — read the full passage →

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” — read the full passage →

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

He said, “For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.” — read the full passage →

for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you didn’t lay down, and reap that which you didn’t sow.’ — read the full passage →

I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left. — read the full passage →

Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. — read the full passage →

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →

Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, — read the full passage →

But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die. — read the full passage →

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory is risen on you. — read the full passage →

I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will humble the haughtiness of the terrible. — read the full passage →

If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small. — read the full passage →

They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your 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 in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel. — read the full passage →

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

Behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by Yahweh’s word to Beth El: and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. — read the full passage →

The children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing. — read the full passage →

Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field. — read the full passage →