Bible Verses About "What Is Apostasy in the Bible"
Apostasy is the deliberate abandonment or renunciation of the Christian faith by someone who once professed it — a tragic departure from truth that the New Testament warns against repeatedly.
Apostasy is the deliberate abandonment or renunciation of the Christian faith by someone who once professed it — a tragic departure from truth that the New Testament warns against repeatedly.
"For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame." — Hebrews 6:4-6 (KJV)
KJV Verses That Answer This Question
The Scriptures below are gathered specifically to address "What Is Apostasy in the Bible?" Each is quoted in the King James Version with a link to its full chapter.
"For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."
"Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul."
"Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition."
"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. 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."
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