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John 5:35
He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light.
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Ezekiel 33:32
Realize that to them you are like a sensual song, a beautiful voice and skilled musician. They hear your words, but they do not obey them.
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Proverbs 12:12
The wicked person desires a stronghold, but the righteous root endures.
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Hosea 6:4
What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, O Judah? For your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist; it disappears as quickly as dawn’s dew!
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2 Timothy 2 18-2 Timothy 2 19
They have strayed from the truth by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.However, God’s solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal:“ The Lord knows those who are his,” and“ Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil.”
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2 Peter 2 20
For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first.
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Isaiah 58:2
They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God.
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2 Peter 2 22
They are illustrations of this true proverb:“ A dog returns to its own vomit,” and“ A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire.”
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Jude 1:12
These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit– twice dead, uprooted;
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Hebrews 10:39
But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.
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Colossians 2:7
rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
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1 Timothy 1 19
To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith.
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Colossians 1:23
if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.
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Galatians 3:4
Have you suffered so many things for nothing?– if indeed it was for nothing.
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John 15:2
He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit.
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Ephesians 3:17
that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love,
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John 2:23-25
Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing.But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people.He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man.
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Acts 8:13-23
Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.These two went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit.( For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit.Now Simon, when he saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, offered them money,saying,“ Give me this power too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”But Peter said to him,“ May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God’s gift with money!You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God!Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.For I see that you are bitterly envious and in bondage to sin.”
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John 15:6
If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up.
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1 Corinthians 15 2
and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you– unless you believed in vain.
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Galatians 4:15-20
Where then is your sense of happiness now? For I testify about you that if it were possible, you would have pulled out your eyes and given them to me!So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly.However, it is good to be sought eagerly for a good purpose at all times, and not only when I am present with you.My children– I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!I wish I could be with you now and change my tone of voice, because I am perplexed about you.
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Job 19:28
If you say,‘ How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!’
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Galatians 3:1
You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified!
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Psalms 106:12-14
They believed his promises; they sang praises to him.They quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his instructions.In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the desert.
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John 12:42-43
Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue.For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.
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1 Corinthians 13 2
And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
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Matthew 13:20-21
The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
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Mark 6:20
because Herod stood in awe of John and protected him, since he knew that John was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, and yet he liked to listen to John.
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Mark 4:16-17
These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.
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1 Thessalonians 3 5
So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless.
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Luke 22:31-32
“ Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat,but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
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John 8:30-32
While he was saying these things, many people believed in him.Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him,“ If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciplesand you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
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Proverbs 12:3
No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved.
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James 2:26
For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
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1John 2:19
