Galatians 5:4
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4 You are (A)severed from Christ, (B)you who would be justified[a] by the law; (C)you have fallen away from grace.
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- Galatians 5:4 Or counted righteous
2 Peter 2:20-22
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20 For if, (A)after they have escaped the defilements of the world (B)through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, (C)the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For (D)it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from (E)the holy commandment delivered to them. 22 What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The (F)dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”
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Galatians 2:21
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21 I do not nullify the grace of God, for (A)if righteousness[a] were through the law, (B)then Christ died for no purpose.
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- Galatians 2:21 Or justification
Romans 9:31-32
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31 but that Israel (A)who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness[a] (B)did not succeed in reaching that law. 32 Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the (C)stumbling stone,
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- Romans 9:31 Greek a law of righteousness
Romans 11:6
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6 (A)But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
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Hebrews 12:15
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15 See to it that no one (A)fails to obtain the grace of God; that no (B)“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;
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Galatians 5:2
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2 Look: I, Paul, say to you that (A)if you accept circumcision, (B)Christ will be of no advantage to you.
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Romans 4:4-5
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4 Now (A)to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but (B)believes in[a] him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
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- Romans 4:5 Or but trusts; compare verse 24
Romans 3:20
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20 For (A)by works of the law no human being[a] will be justified in his sight, since (B)through the law comes knowledge of sin.
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- Romans 3:20 Greek flesh
Hebrews 6:4-6
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4 For it is impossible, in the case of those (A)who have once been enlightened, who have tasted (B)the heavenly gift, and (C)have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and (D)have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and (E)then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since (F)they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
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Romans 10:3-5
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3 For, being ignorant of (A)the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. 4 For (B)Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.[a]
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5 For (C)Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that (D)the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
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- Romans 10:4 Or end of the law, that everyone who believes may be justified
Revelation 2:5
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5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do (A)the works you did at first. If not, (B)I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
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Galatians 1:6-9
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6 I am astonished that you are (A)so quickly deserting (B)him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to (C)a different gospel— 7 (D)not that there is another one, but (E)there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or (F)an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, (G)let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, (H)let him be accursed.
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2 Peter 3:17-18
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17 You therefore, beloved, (A)knowing this beforehand, (B)take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. 18 But (C)grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (D)To him be the glory both now and to the day of (E)eternity. Amen.
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Hebrews 10:38-39
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38 (A)but my righteous one shall live by faith,
and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him.”
39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
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