12 Bible Verses about Missing The Mark

for everyone has sinned and falls short of God's glory [i.e., His approval, or His perfect character].

Did not Moses give you the law, and yet not one of you is obeying it? Why are you trying to kill me?"

Some people have strayed away from these things and have turned aside to useless discussions.

Every person who practices a life of sin is also breaking [God's] law, for sin is law-breaking.

"And the Scripture was fulfilled, which said, 'He was counted with the lawbreakers.'"}}

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And Jesus looked at him, and filled with love, said to him, "There is one thing you [still] lack. Go and sell your possessions and give [the money] to poor people; become my follower, then you will have treasure in heaven."

Now Jesus' disciples had forgotten to take [any] food [with them], and had only one loaf of bread in the boat.

So, as long as God's promise of entering into a state of rest with Him [still] remains, we should fear that someone among you will appear [in the end] to have fallen short of [attaining] it. [Note: In this section "entering into rest" refers to Israel entering Canaan (verses 6, 8) and to Christians entering heaven (verses 3, 9). The "Sabbath day rest" is represented as a type of both].

And if your hand becomes the occasion for falling away [from God], cut it off; it would be better for you to enter [never ending] life disabled, rather than keeping both hands and going to hell, into the fire that cannot be put out [i.e., all because it caused you to fall away from God]. {{Verse

Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you do not lose what we [Note: Some Greek manuscripts say "you"] worked for [i.e., the spiritual blessings you have acquired], but [continue faithful] so that you will receive a full reward. [See Luke 12:47-48; James 3:1; Matt. 20:1-15].

For while we were still helpless, at [just] the proper time, Christ died for ungodly people.