to draw back or apostatize in matters of religion (Ac 21:21; 2Th 2:3; 1Ti 4:1). This may be either partial (Pr 14:14) or complete (Heb. 6:4-6; 10:38, 39). The apostasy may be both doctrinal and moral.
The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.
They have been informed about you -- that you teach all the Jews now living among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs.
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