Christians Who Are Backslidden

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

Yes, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence; and in moral excellence, knowledge; — read the full passage →

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.

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 →

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future. — read the full passage →

The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

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 →

and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.

They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit.

David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

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,

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? — read the full passage →

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

As it is written, “There is no one righteous; no, not one.

They answered him, “You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?” They threw him out.

You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

But the righteousness which is of faith says this, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down);

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? — read the full passage →

The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,and follow me.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

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

Return, you backsliding children, I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.

I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”

I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.

“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lamp stands says these things: — read the full passage →

by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight. For through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: ‘He was counted with transgressors.’ For that which concerns me has an end.”

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire, — read the full passage →

He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man. — read the full passage →

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. — read the full passage →

From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

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

My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them.

I am the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. — read the full passage →

“They say, ‘If a man puts away his wife, and she goes from him, and become another man’s, will he return to her again?’ Wouldn’t that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the prostitute with many lovers; yet return again to me,” says Yahweh. — read the full passage →

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father. — read the full passage →

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.

So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would be speaking into the air.

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”

but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.

Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to produce an evil odor; so does a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.

The heavens, the earth, and all their vast array were finished. — read the full passage →

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

For thus says Yahweh, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

For we must die, and are like water split on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.