8 Bible Verses about Apostasy, How To Avoid

In my heart I hid thy sayings, so that I shall not sin to thee.

And evil men and impostors shall proceed to worse, deceiving, and being deceived. And remain thou in what things thou bast learned and hast been convinced of, knowing of whom thou hast learned; And that from infancy thou hast known the holy letters, able to render thee wise to salvation by faith which in Christ Jesus.read more.
All writing divinely inspired, and profitable for doctrine, for refutation, for correction, for instruction in justice: That the man of God might be perfect, finished for every good work.

And also this same, having brought in at the side all earnestness, furnish in addition in your faith fitness; and In fitness knowledge; And in knowledge self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience devotion; And in devotion brotherly love; and in brotherly love, love.read more.
For these being to you, and abounding, they establish you not without effort, neither unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For in whom these are not present, he is blind, being affected with shortness of sight, having taken 2Peter 1:forgetfulness of the cleansing formerly of his sins. Wherefore rather, brethren, be earnest to have your calling and selection made firm: for doing these, ye should not once stumble: For so shall an entrance be furnished richly to you in addition into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

For I know this, that there shall come in after my departure grievous wolves to you, not sparing the flock. And of yourselves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to tear away disciples after them. Wherefore watch ye, remembering that the space of three years night and day I ceased not reminding each one with tears.

Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they are of God: for many false prophets have come out into the world. In this ye know the spirit of God: Every spirit which acknowledges Jesus Christ having come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit which acknowledges not Jesus Christ having come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that of antichrist which ye have heard comes; and now is already in the world.read more.
Ye are of God, little children, and have conquered them: for greater is he in you, than he in the world. They are of the world: for this they speak of the world, and the world hears them. We are of God: he knowing God hears us; he is not of God who hears us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

Until we all arrive to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the perfect man, to the measure of age of the filling up of Christ. That we be no more babes, tossed about, and carried around by every wind of doctrine, in the playing at dice of men, in craft, with the artifice of deceit; And speaking the truth in love, let us grow up into him in all things, who is the head, Christ:read more.
From whom all the body fitted together and joined together by every touch of the expenditure, according to the energy in measure of one of each part, makes the increase of the body to the building up of itself in love.

As to the rest, my brethren, be strengthened in the Lord, and in the strength of his power. Put on the complete armor of God, for you to be able to stand against the artifices of the accuser. For the wrestling is not to us against blood and flesh, but against beginnings, against powers, against the chiefs of the world of darkness of this life, against spiritual things of wickedness in heavenly things.read more.
For this take up the complete armor of God, that ye might be able to withstand in the evil day, and having effected all things, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your loins around with truth, and put on the armor of justice; And fastened under the feet in preparation of the good news of peace; Over all, having taken the shield of faith, in which ye shall be able to quench all the inflamed darts of evil. And take ye the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: By all prayer and supplication praying in all time in Spirit, and for this same watching vigilantly in all perseverance and supplication for the holy: And for me, that the word might be given me, in the opening of my mouth in freedom of speech, to make known the mystery of the good news, For which I am an ambassador in perplexity: that in it I might speak freely, as I ought to speak.

Proclaim the word; keep fixed seasonably, and unseasonably; refute, censure, beseech, in all longsnffering and teaching.