Hebrews 6:5
who tasted the goodness of God's word and the powers of the world to come, and then fell away ??6 it is impossible to make them repent afresh, since they crucify the Son of God in their own persons and hold him up to obloquy.
Hebrews 2:5
For the world to come, of which I am speaking, was not put under the control of angels.
1 Peter 2:3
You have had a taste of the kindness of the Lord:
Matthew 13:20-21
As for him who is sown 'on stony soil,' that is the man who hears the word and accepts it at once with enthusiasm;
Mark 4:16-17
Similarly those who are sown 'on stony soil' are the people who on hearing the word accept it with enthusiasm;
Mark 6:20
for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing he was a just and holy man; so he protected John ??he was greatly exercised when he listened to him, still he was glad to listen to him.
Luke 8:13
Those 'on the rock' are people who on hearing the word welcome it with enthusiasm, but they have no root; they believe for a while and fall away in the hour of trial.
2 Peter 2:20
After escaping the pollutions of the world by the knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, if they get entangled and overpowered again, the last state is worse for them than the first.