Matthew 13:21
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21 But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.(A)
Matthew 11:6
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6 Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”(A)
Hosea 6:4
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2 Peter 1:8-9
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8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive(A) in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.(B) 9 But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind,(C) forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.(D)
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,
John 15:5-7
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5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;(A) apart from me you can do nothing. 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.(B) 7 If you remain in me(C) and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.(D)
Revelation 2:13
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1 John 2:19-20
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19 They went out from us,(A) but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.(B)
20 But you have an anointing(C) from the Holy One,(D) and all of you know the truth.[a](E)
Footnotes
- 1 John 2:20 Some manuscripts and you know all things
1 Peter 1:5
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5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power(A) until the coming of the salvation(B) that is ready to be revealed(C) in the last time.
Hebrews 10:35-39
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35 So do not throw away your confidence;(A) it will be richly rewarded.
36 You need to persevere(B) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.(C) 37 For,
38 And,
“But my righteous[b] one will live by faith.(F)
And I take no pleasure
in the one who shrinks back.”[c](G)
39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3
- Hebrews 10:38 Some early manuscripts But the righteous
- Hebrews 10:38 Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)
2 Timothy 1:15
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Examples of Disloyalty and Loyalty
15 You know that everyone in the province of Asia(A) has deserted me,(B) including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
Philippians 1:6
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6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion(A) until the day of Christ Jesus.(B)
Galatians 6:15
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Galatians 6:12
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12 Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh(A) are trying to compel you to be circumcised.(B) The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted(C) for the cross of Christ.
Galatians 5:6
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6 For in Christ Jesus(A) neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value.(B) The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.(C)
Romans 2:7
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7 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor(A) and immortality,(B) he will give eternal life.(C)
Acts 8:21-23
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21 You have no part or share(A) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(B) before God. 22 Repent(C) 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 12:25-26
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25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it(A) for eternal life.(B) 26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be.(C) My Father will honor the one who serves me.
John 6:70-71
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70 Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you,(A) the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”(B) 71 (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot,(C) who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)(D)
John 6:61-65
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61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?(A) 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man(B) ascend to where he was before!(C) 63 The Spirit gives life;(D) the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit[a] and life. 64 Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known(E) from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.(F) 65 He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”(G)
Footnotes
- John 6:63 Or are Spirit; or are spirit
John 6:26
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26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,(A) not because you saw the signs(B) I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
Luke 21:12-18
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12 “But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name. 13 And so you will bear testimony to me.(A) 14 But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves.(B) 15 For I will give you(C) words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. 16 You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends,(D) and they will put some of you to death. 17 Everyone will hate you because of me.(E) 18 But not a hair of your head will perish.(F)
Luke 14:26-33
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26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.(A) 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.(B)
28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you, 30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
31 “Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. 33 In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.(C)
Luke 9:23-25
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23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.(A) 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.(B) 25 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?
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