“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled on by men.

Because of this, I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

“When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it roams through waterless places looking for rest, and not finding rest, it then says, ‘I’ll go back to my house where I came from.’

If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers. They gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

instructing his opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance leading them to the knowledge of the truth.

Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works.

For if, having escaped the world’s impurity through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in these things and defeated, the last state is worse for them than the first.

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not bring death, he should ask, and God will give life to him—to those who commit sin that doesn’t bring death. There is sin that brings death. I am not saying he should pray about that.

Were once

Remember the earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings.

and he proclaimed his poem:

The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened,

And have

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Look, I have given you the authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy; nothing will ever harm you.

John responded, “No one can receive a single thing unless it’s given to him from heaven.

Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would ask Him, and He would give you living water.”

Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Moses didn’t give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the real bread from heaven.

But Peter told him, “May your silver be destroyed with you, because you thought the gift of God could be obtained with money!

The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.

Therefore, if God gave them the same gift that He also gave to us when we believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, how could I possibly hinder God?”

For I want very much to see you, so I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

If I speak human or angelic languages
but do not have love,
I am a sounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—

I was made a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the working of His power.

Now grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of the Messiah’s gift.

Do not neglect the gift that is in you; it was given to you through prophecy, with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

Every generous act and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights; with Him there is no variation or shadow cast by turning.

Partakers

At the same time, God also testified by signs and wonders, various miracles, and distributions of gifts from the Holy Spirit according to His will.

And God, who knows the heart, testified to them by giving the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us.

I only want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by hearing with faith?

General references

“If the contamination reappears in the house after the stones have been pulled out, and after the house has been scraped and replastered,

I assure you: People will be forgiven for all sins and whatever blasphemies they may blaspheme.

Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

Have mercy on those who doubt;