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Falling From Grace — Withdrawing Fellowship
The New Testament repeatedly warns Christians against departing from faithfulness. Paul speaks of people who 'are fallen from grace'; Hebrews warns brethren against an evil heart of unbelief in departing from God; Peter describes people who escaped the world's pollutions and became entangled again. These warnings make perseverance necessary rather than automatic.
Key KJV Scriptures:
1 Corinthians 10:12; Galatians 5:4; Hebrews 3:12-14; 2 Peter 2:20-22; Revelation 2:4-5
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
10 indexed verses · Showing 1–10. Read each passage in its chapter context.
1 Corinthians 10:12 (KJV)
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Galatians 5:4 (KJV)
Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Hebrews 3:12 (KJV)
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Hebrews 3:13 (KJV)
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Hebrews 3:14 (KJV)
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
2 Peter 2:20 (KJV)
For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
2 Peter 2:21 (KJV)
For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
2 Peter 2:22 (KJV)
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Revelation 2:4 (KJV)
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Revelation 2:5 (KJV)
Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.