The Backslider

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 →

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

And he said, A certain man had two sons: — read the full passage →

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

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.

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

Not of works, lest any man should boast.

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. — read the full passage →

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. — read the full passage →

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.

And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — 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?

And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; — read the full passage →

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.

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 →

And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, — 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 →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. — read the full passage →