Hebrews 10:39
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39 But we are not among those who shrink back and so are lost but among those who have faith and so preserve our souls.(A)
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1 John 5:5
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5 Who is it who conquers the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?(A)
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1 Peter 1:5
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5 who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.(A)
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Mark 16:16
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16 The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.
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1 John 5:16
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16 If you see your brother or sister committing what is not a deadly sin, you will ask, and God[a] will give life to such a one—to those whose sin is not deadly. There is sin that is deadly; I do not say that you should pray about that.(A)
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2 Thessalonians 2:12-14
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12 so that all who have not believed the truth but took pleasure in unrighteousness will be condemned.(A)
Chosen for Salvation
13 But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first fruits[a] for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth.(B) 14 For this purpose he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.(C)
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- 2.13 Other ancient authorities read from the beginning
1 Samuel 15:11
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11 “I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not carried out my commands.” Samuel was angry, and he cried out to the Lord all night.(A)
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2 Peter 3:7
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7 But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.(A)
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Hebrews 11:1
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The Meaning of Faith
11 Now faith is the assurance[a] of things hoped for, the conviction[b] of things not seen.(A)
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1 Thessalonians 5:9
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9 For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,(A)
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John 17:12
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12 While I was with them, I protected them in your name that[a] you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost,[b] so that the scripture might be fulfilled.(A)
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John 6:40
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40 This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.”(A)
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Luke 11:26
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26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and live there, and the last state of that person is worse than the first.”(A)
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Proverbs 14:14
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Psalm 44:18
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18 Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our steps departed from your way,(A)
Hebrews 10:26
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26 For if we willfully persist in sin after having received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins(A)
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Hebrews 6:6-9
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6 and then have fallen away, since they are crucifying again the Son of God to their own harm and are holding him up to contempt.(A) 7 Ground that drinks up the rain falling on it repeatedly and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is cultivated receives a blessing from God.(B) 8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and on the verge of being cursed; its end is to be burned over.(C)
9 Even though we speak in this way, beloved, we are confident of better things in your case, things that belong to salvation.
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1 Timothy 6:9
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9 But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.(A)
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2 Thessalonians 2:3
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3 Let no one deceive you in any way, for that day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the lawless one[a] is revealed, the one destined for destruction.[b](A)
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Romans 10:9-10
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9 because[a] if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe[b] in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.(A) 10 For one believes[c] with the heart, leading to righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, leading to salvation.
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Acts 16:30-31
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30 Then he brought them outside and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”(A) 31 They answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”(B)
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John 20:31
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31 But these are written so that you may continue[a] to believe that Jesus is the Messiah,[b] the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.(A)
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John 3:15-16
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Proverbs 1:32
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32 For waywardness kills the simple,
and the complacency of fools destroys them;(A)
Revelation 17:11
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11 As for the beast that was and is not, it is an eighth, but it belongs to the seven, and it goes to destruction.
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