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

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

Impenitence of Israel and Judah

³² To them you are like a singer of love songs,^[a] one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; they hear what you say, but they will not do it.

¹² These are blots^[a] on your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, feeding themselves.^[b] They are waterless clouds carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted;^(A)

²² It has happened to them according to the true proverb,

and,

²⁰ For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the^[a] Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first.^(A)

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)

¹⁸ who have swerved from the truth, saying resurrection^[a] has already occurred. They are upsetting the faith of some.^{(A) 19} But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.”^(B)