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Backsliding » Results of » Divine displeasure
and if he draws back,
I have no pleasure in him.
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.
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Faith/faithfulness » Who shall live by faith
and if he draws back,
I have no pleasure in him.
he is without integrity.
But the righteous one will live by his faith.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God's power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek. For in it God's righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.
Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous will live by faith.
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Justification » Justification by faith
By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.
and be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own from the law, but one that is through faith in Christ—the righteousness from God based on faith.
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Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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and if he draws back,
I have no pleasure in him.
he is without integrity.
But the righteous one will live by his faith.
For what does the Scripture say?
Abraham believed God,
and it was credited to him for righteousness.
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and it was credited to him for righteousness.
Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness,
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Pleasure » Who cannot please God
Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.
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Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
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For you need endurance, so that after you have done God's will, you may receive what was promised. For in yet a very little while, the Coming One will come and not delay. But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.