Luke 8:13
The ones on the rock are those who receive the message joyfully when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for a little while, and then in the time of trial they draw back.
Mark 6:20
for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing that he was an upright and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him talk he was very much disturbed, and yet he liked to hear him.
John 5:35
He was the lamp that burned and shone, and you were ready to be gladdened for a while by his light.
Matthew 13:20-21
And what was sown upon the rocky soil means the man who hears the message and at once accepts it joyfully,
Mark 4:16-17
It is so too with the ones sown on the rocky ground; they gladly accept the message as soon as they hear it,
Luke 22:31-32
O Simon, Simon! Satan has obtained permission to sift all of you like wheat,
John 2:23-25
Now when he was at Jerusalem, at the Passover Festival, many, when they saw the signs that he showed, came to believe in him.
John 8:30-32
As he said this, many believed in him.
John 12:42-43
Yet for all that, even among the leading men, many came to believe in him, but on account of the Pharisees they would not acknowledge it, for fear of being excluded from the synagogues,
John 15:2
Any branch of mine that does not bear fruit he trims away, and he prunes every branch that bears fruit, to make it bear more.
John 15:6
Anyone who does not remain united to me is thrown away like a branch and withers up, and they gather them and throw them into the fire and burn them.
Acts 8:13-23
Even Simon himself believed and after his baptism devoted himself to Philip, and he was amazed at seeing such signs and great wonders taking place.
1 Corinthians 13:2
If I am inspired to preach and know all the secret truths and possess all knowledge, and if I have such perfect faith that I can move mountains, but have no love, I am nothing.
1 Corinthians 15:2
and through which you are to be saved, if you hold on, unless your faith has been all for nothing.
Galatians 3:1
You senseless Galatians! Who has bewitched you, when you had Jesus Christ shown crucified right before your eyes?
Galatians 3:4
Have you gone through so much, all for nothing???f it really is for nothing!
Galatians 4:15-20
What has become of that satisfaction of yours? For I can bear witness that you would have torn out your very eyes, if you could, and given them to me!
Ephesians 3:17
and through your faith to let Christ in his love make his home in your hearts. Your roots must be deep and your foundations strong,
Colossians 2:7
You must be rooted and built up in him and made strong in faith, just as you were taught to be, overflowing with it in your gratitude.
1 Thessalonians 3:5
That was why, when I could not bear it any longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for I was afraid that the tempter might have tempted you and all our labor might be lost.
1 Timothy 1:19
keeping hold of faith and a good conscience. For some people have let that go and have had their faith ruined,
2 Timothy 2:18-19
who have missed the truth and say that the resurrection has taken place already, thus undermining people's faith.
Hebrews 10:39
But we will not draw back and perish, but we will have faith and save our souls.
James 2:26
Just as the body without the spirit is dead, faith is dead without good deeds.
2 Peter 2:20
For if after men have escaped the corrupting influences of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are overcome by them, their final condition is worse than their former one.
2 Peter 2:22
What has happened to them shows the truth of the proverb, "A dog returns to what he has vomited up, and a sow that has washed goes back to wallow in the mire."
1 John 2:19
They have gone out from our number, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had, they would have stayed with us. It was to make it clear that none of them really belonged to us that they withdrew.
Jude 1:12
They are stains on your religious meals, where they carouse together, boldly attending to no one but themselves; rainless clouds driven before the wind; leafless trees without fruit, doubly dead, and uprooted;