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Apostates

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2 John 1:10–11

If anyone comes to you, and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive him into your house, and don’t welcome him, — read the full passage →

1 Timothy 4:1

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,

1 Corinthians 5:11

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.

Hebrews 3:12

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

Hebrews 12:15–17

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 →

Luke 8:13

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.

1 Kings 16:30–33

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 →

1 Timothy 1:19–20

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

Malachi 2:16

For I hate divorce”, says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with violence!” says Yahweh of Armies. “Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you don’t deal treacherously.

Revelation 1:1

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Galatians 1:8–9

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 →

Acts 21:21

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.

Hosea 14:4

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

Hosea 6:1

“Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.

Revelation 18:23

The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived.

Revelation 14:12

Here is the patience of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

2 Peter 3:17

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

2 Peter 3:3

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts,

2 Peter 2:20–22

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 →

2 Peter 2:17

These are wells without water, clouds driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.

Hebrews 10:39

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

Titus 3:10

Avoid a factious man after a first and second warning;

2 Thessalonians 2:1–17

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

Ephesians 2:20

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

1 Corinthians 9:27

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.

Acts 20:29–30

For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock. — read the full passage →

Acts 17:21

Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.

John 10:29

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

John 9:39

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.”

John 5:39

“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

John 5:14

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”

Malachi 3:15

Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.’

Zephaniah 1:4–6

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 →

Ezekiel 3:20

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.

Jeremiah 17:5

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

Isaiah 65:5–6

who say, Stand by yourself, don’t come near to me, for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 44:25

who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;

Psalms 84:10–11

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. — read the full passage →

Job 12:20–22

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

Deuteronomy 28:25–28

Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and will flee seven ways before them. You will be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth. — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 17:3–5

and has gone and served other gods, and worshiped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the stars of the sky, which I have not commanded; — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 13:13

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;

Deuteronomy 13:6–10

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 →

2 Timothy 3:1–9

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

2 Timothy 2:2

The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.

Revelation 17:18–18:4

The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.” — read the full passage →

Revelation 12:11–14:9

They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death. — read the full passage →

Jude 1:1–25

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 →

1 Peter 5:2

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

Hebrews 10:25–31

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 →

Hebrews 6:1–20

Therefore leaving the teaching of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God, — read the full passage →

Hebrews 2:1–3:19

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

2 Timothy 4:3–10

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; — read the full passage →

Ephesians 6:1–24

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 5:11–6:17

But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 1:8–3:17

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

Romans 8:1–39

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

Romans 1:20–32

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse. — read the full passage →

Acts 21:17–26

When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly. — read the full passage →

Acts 2:27–5:3

because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. — read the full passage →

John 15:1–16:33

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. — read the full passage →

John 13:18–14:16

I don’t speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.’ — read the full passage →

John 7:17–8:37

If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself. — read the full passage →

John 6:1–71

After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias. — read the full passage →

Luke 9:62–12:47

But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.” — read the full passage →

Mark 10:1–52

He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them. — read the full passage →

Matthew 26:1–27:66

When Jesus had finished all these words, he said to his disciples, — read the full passage →

Matthew 21:19–24:45

Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away. — read the full passage →

Matthew 12:30–45

“He who is not with me is against me, and he who doesn’t gather with me, scatters. — read the full passage →

Matthew 7:21–29

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Amos 8:11–9:11

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 →

Hosea 12:6–13:5

Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God. — read the full passage →

Ezekiel 16:1–63

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

Jeremiah 42:14–43:11

saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 2:5–19

Thus says Yahweh, “What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? — read the full passage →

Jeremiah 1:1–19

The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: — read the full passage →

Isaiah 48:10–51:7

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 1:1–31

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 7:15–26

All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing. — read the full passage →

Psalms 101:1–8

I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises. — read the full passage →

Psalms 73:3–25

For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. — read the full passage →

Psalms 16:1–17:15

Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge. — read the full passage →

2 Chronicles 25:1–28

Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

2 Chronicles 15:3–13

Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. — read the full passage →

2 Kings 21:1–26

Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hephzibah. — read the full passage →

1 Kings 18:21–21:25

Elijah came near to all the people, and said, “How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” The people answered him not a word. — read the full passage →

1 Kings 12:15–13:22

So the king didn’t listen to the people; for it was a thing brought about of Yahweh, that he might establish his word, which Yahweh spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 31:1

Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 13:14–15:24

But now your kingdom shall not continue. Yahweh has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you.” — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 1:1–28

Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite: — read the full passage →

Judges 2:3–13

Therefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.” — read the full passage →

Genesis 15:6–14

He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness. — read the full passage →

Revelation 1:1–4:11

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

1 John 2:15

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.

1 Timothy 4:1–6:21

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 →

Acts 8:20–12:24

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! — read the full passage →

Psalms 122:1–126:6

I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!” — read the full passage →

Psalms 62:1–66:20

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him. — read the full passage →

Psalms 26:1–28:9

Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering. — read the full passage →

Psalms 4:7–9:17

You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased. — read the full passage →

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