But we are not of those who shrink backto destruction,but of those who have faithto the preservingof the soul.
Our hearthas not turnedback,And our stepshave not deviatedfrom Your way,
"For the waywardnessof the naivewill killthem, And the complacencyof foolswill destroythem.
The backsliderin heartwill havehis fillof his own ways,But a goodmanwill [be satisfied] with his.
"He who has believedand has been baptizedshall be saved;but he who has disbelievedshall be condemned.
"Thenit goesand takes[along] sevenotherspiritsmore evilthan itself,and they goin and livethere;and the laststate of that manbecomesworsethan the first."
"WhileI was with them, I was keepingthem in Your namewhichYou have givenMe; and I guardedthem and not oneof them perishedbut the sonof perdition,sothat the Scripturewould be fulfilled.
but thesehave been writtensothat you may believethat Jesusis the Christ,the Sonof God;and that believingyou may havelifein His name.
"Truly,truly,I sayto you, he who hearsMy word,and believesHim who sentMe, haseternallife,and does not comeinto judgment,but has passedout of deathinto life.
"For thisis the willof My Father,that everyonewho beholdsthe Sonand believesin Him will haveeternallife,and I Myselfwill raisehim up on the lastday."
For Godhas not destinedus for wrath,but for obtainingsalvationthroughour LordJesusChrist,
Let noonein anywaydeceiveyou, for [it will not come] unlessthe apostasycomesfirst,and the manof lawlessnessis revealed,the sonof destruction,
But thosewho wantto get richfallinto temptationand a snareand manyfoolishand harmfuldesireswhichplungemeninto ruinand destruction.
For if we go on sinningwillfullyafterreceivingthe knowledgeof the truth,there no longerremainsa sacrificefor sins,
BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONESHALL LIVEBY FAITH;AND IFHE SHRINKS BACK,MY SOULHASNOPLEASUREIN HIM.
Nowfaithis the assuranceof [things] hopedfor, the convictionof thingsnot seen.
who are protectedby the powerof Godthroughfaithfor a salvationreadyto be revealedin the lasttime.
But by His wordthe presentheavensand earthare being reservedfor fire,keptfor the dayof judgmentand destructionof ungodlymen.
Ifanyoneseeshis brothercommittinga sinnot [leading] to death,he shall askand [God] will for him givelifeto thosewho commit sinnot [leading] to death.There is a sin[leading] to death;I do not saythat he should make requestfor this.
Whois the one who overcomesthe world,but he who believesthat Jesusis the Sonof God?
"The beastwhichwas and is not, is himselfalsoan eighthand is [one] of the seven,and he goesto destruction.
"The beastthat you sawwas, and is not, and is aboutto comeup out of the abyssand goto destruction.And thosewho dwellon the earth,whosenamehas not been writtenin the bookof lifefrom the foundationof the world,will wonderwhen they seethe beast,that he was and is not and will come.
"I regretthat I have madeSaulking,for he has turnedbackfrom followingMe and has not carriedout My commands."And Samuelwas distressedand criedout to the LORDallnight.
