Luke 8:13
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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)
John 5:35
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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.
Hosea 6:4
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Ezekiel 33:32
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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)
Isaiah 58:2
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Proverbs 12:12
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12 The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,
but the root of the righteous endures.
Jude 12
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2 Peter 2:22
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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.”
Footnotes
- 2 Peter 2:22 Prov. 26:11
2 Peter 2:20
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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)
James 2:26
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26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.(A)
Hebrews 10:39
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39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
2 Timothy 2:18-19
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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.”
1 Timothy 1:19
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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)
1 Thessalonians 3:5
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5 For this reason, when I could stand it no longer,(A) I sent to find out about your faith.(B) I was afraid that in some way the tempter(C) had tempted you and that our labors might have been in vain.(D)
Colossians 2:7
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7 rooted(A) and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught,(B) and overflowing with thankfulness.
Colossians 1:23
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Ephesians 3:17
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17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts(A) through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted(B) and established in love,
Galatians 4:15-20
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15 Where, then, is your blessing of me now? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me. 16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?(A)
17 Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may have zeal for them.(B) 18 It is fine to be zealous, provided the purpose is good, and to be so always, not just when I am with you.(C) 19 My dear children,(D) for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,(E) 20 how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you!
Galatians 3:4
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4 Have you experienced[a] so much in vain—if it really was in vain?
Footnotes
- Galatians 3:4 Or suffered
Galatians 3:1
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Faith or Works of the Law
3 You foolish(A) Galatians!(B) Who has bewitched you?(C) Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.(D)
1 Corinthians 15:2
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2 By this gospel you are saved,(A) if you hold firmly(B) to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
Acts 8:13-23
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13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles(A) he saw.
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria(B) had accepted the word of God,(C) they sent Peter and John(D) to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,(E) 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them;(F) they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.(G) 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them,(H) and they received the Holy Spirit.(I)
18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money 19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
20 Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!(J) 21 You have no part or share(K) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(L) before God. 22 Repent(M) of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”
John 15:6
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6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.(A)
John 15:2
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2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit,(A) while every branch that does bear fruit(B) he prunes[a] so that it will be even more fruitful.
Footnotes
- John 15:2 The Greek for he prunes also means he cleans.
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