John 5:40

and they testify of me: and yet ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

yet try all things, and hold fast that which is good.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

who comes, through the efficacy of Satan, with all kind of lying power, and signs,

Hebrews 12:25

See that ye reject not Him that speaketh; for if they escaped not, who rejected him that gave forth divine oracles on earth, much less shall we, if we turn away from Him that speaketh from heaven:

Revelation 2:25

but what ye have hold fast till I come.

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Summary

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

They refuse

Bible References

They hold

1 Thessalonians 5:21
yet try all things, and hold fast that which is good.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
who comes, through the efficacy of Satan, with all kind of lying power, and signs,
Revelation 2:25
but what ye have hold fast till I come.

They refuse

John 5:40
and they testify of me: and yet ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
Hebrews 12:25
See that ye reject not Him that speaketh; for if they escaped not, who rejected him that gave forth divine oracles on earth, much less shall we, if we turn away from Him that speaketh from heaven: