8 Bible Verses about Apostates

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Luke 8:13

those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy, and they have no root; they believe for a time, and in a time of trial fall away;

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us they would have continued with us; but [they went out from us] that they might be manifest that they are not all of us.

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Apostates » Examples of

Apostates » Guilt and punishment of

Hebrews 10:25-31

not forsaking our own congregation as some are in the habit of [doing], but exhorting [others], and so much the more as you see the day approaching. For if we sin willingly after having received the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice left for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which is about to consume the adversaries. read more.
Any one who despised the law of Moses died without mercy by two or three witnesses; of how much greater punishment do you suppose he will be thought worthy, who has trodden down the Son of God, and accounted defiled the blood of the covenant with which he was purified, and treated injuriously the Spirit of grace. For we know him that said, Judgment belongs to me, I will repay. And again, The Lord will judge his people. It is fearful to fall into the hands of the living God.

2 Peter 2:20-22

For if having escaped the defilements of the world by a knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome by them, the last state of those persons is worse than the first. For it is better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, having known, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. But it has happened to them according to the true proverb, The dog returned to his vomit, and the swine that was washed to wallowing in filth.

Apostates » Shall abound in the latter days

1 Timothy 4:1-3

But the Spirit says expressly, that in the last times some shall apostatize from the faith, attending to lying spirits and doctrines of demons, [misled] by the hypocrisy of false teachers, whose consciences are cauterized, who forbid to marry, [command] to abstain from meat, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by the faithful and those who know the truth.

Apostates » Exemplified

Apostates » Described

Apostates » Cautions against becoming

Apostates » Exemplified » Hymeneus and alexander

1 Timothy 1:19-20

having faith and a good conscience, which some having cast away have suffered shipwreck of the faith; of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

Apostates » Persecution tends to make

Matthew 24:9-10

Then they shall deliver you to affliction, and kill you, and you shall be hated by all nations on my account; and then many shall be offended, and shall betray one another, and hate one another;

Apostates » A worldly spirit tends to make

Apostates » Saints do not become

Apostates » It is impossible to restore

Hebrews 6:4-6

For those once enlightened and having tasted of the heavenly gift and been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and having tasted of the good word of God and the powers of the life to come, and having fallen away, it is impossible again to renew to a change of mind, they having crucified again and exposed to shame the Son of God.

Apostates » Never belonged to Christ

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us they would have continued with us; but [they went out from us] that they might be manifest that they are not all of us.

Apostates » Exemplified » Professed disciples

Pardon » Withheld from » Apostates

Hebrews 10:26-27

For if we sin willingly after having received the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice left for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which is about to consume the adversaries.

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2 Thessalonians 2:11-12

And therefore, God sends them a power of delusion that they should believe a lie,

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