13 But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of [a]temptation fall away.

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  1. Luke 8:13 testing

13 Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.(A)

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20 For if, after they (A)have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are (B)again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.

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20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing(A) our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ(B) and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.(C)

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35 He was the burning and (A)shining lamp, and (B)you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.

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35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light,(A) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

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Impenitence of Israel and Judah

“O Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
O Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
And like the early dew it goes away.

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“What can I do with you, Ephraim?(A)
    What can I do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears.(B)

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32 Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they do (A)not do them.

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32 Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs(A) with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice.(B)

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12 The wicked covet the catch of evil men,
But the root of the righteous yields fruit.

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12 The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,
    but the root of the righteous endures.

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Apostates Depraved and Doomed

12 These are [a]spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried [b]about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;

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  1. Jude 1:12 stains, or hidden reefs
  2. Jude 1:12 NU, M along

12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts,(A) eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves.(B) They are clouds without rain,(C) blown along by the wind;(D) autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted(E)—twice dead.

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22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: (A)“A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.”

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22 Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”[a](A) and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.”

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  1. 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11

26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

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26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.(A)

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39 But we are not of those (A)who draw back to [a]perdition, but of those who (B)believe to the saving of the soul.

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  1. Hebrews 10:39 destruction

39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

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18 who have strayed concerning the truth, (A)saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some. 19 Nevertheless (B)the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord (C)knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of [a]Christ depart from iniquity.”

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  1. 2 Timothy 2:19 NU, M the Lord

18 who have departed from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place,(A) and they destroy the faith of some.(B) 19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm,(C) sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,”(D) and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord(E) must turn away from wickedness.”

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Yet they seek Me daily,
And delight to know My ways,
As a nation that did righteousness,
And did not forsake the ordinance of their God.
They ask of Me the ordinances of justice;
They take delight in approaching God.

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For day after day they seek(A) me out;
    they seem eager to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that does what is right
    and has not forsaken(B) the commands of its God.
They ask me for just decisions
    and seem eager for God to come near(C) them.

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19 having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck,

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19 holding on to faith and a good conscience,(A) which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.(B)

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