Bible verses about "backsliders" | Tyndale

²⁰ For yf they after they have escaped from the filthynes of the worlde thorowe ye knowledge of ye Lorde and of ye saviour Iesus Christ they are yet tagled agayne therin and overcome: then is ye latter ende worsse with them then the beginninge.

¹ Brethren yf eny ma be fallen by chauce into eny faute: ye which are spirituall helpe to amende him in the sprete of meknes: consyderynge thy silfe lest thou also be tempted.

⁹ But now seinge ye knowe god (yee rather are knowe of God) how is it that ye tourne agayne vnto the weake and bedgarly cerimonies whervnto agayne ye desyre afresshe to be in bondage?

¹⁹ havinge fayth and good consciece which some have put awaye fro them and as cocerninge fayth have made shipwracke.

⁴ For it is not possible yt they which were once lyghted and have tasted of the hevenly gyft and were become partetakers of the holy goost ⁵ and have tasted of the good worde of God and of the power of the worlde to come: ⁶ yf they faule shuld be renued agayne vnto repentaunce: for as moche as they have (as concerninge them selves) crucified the sonne of God a fresshe makynge a mocke of him. ⁷ For that erth which drinketh in the rayne wich cometh ofte vpon it and bringeth forth erbes mete for them that dresse it receaveth blessynge of god. ⁸ But that grounde which beareth thornes and bryars is reproved and is nye vnto cursynge: whose ende is to be burned.

² Be awake and strength the thynges which remayne that are redy to dye. For I have not founde thy workes perfaycte before god. ³ Remember therfore how thou hast receaved and hearde and hold faste and repet. Yf thou shalt not watche I will come on ye as a thefe and thou shalt not knowe what houre I wyll come apon the

⁸ Drawe nye to god and he will drawe nye to you. Clense youre hondes ye synners and pourdge youre hertes ye waverynge mynded.

¹⁷ Therfore to him that knoweth how to do good and doth it not to him it is synne.

⁷ Ye did runne well: who was a let vnto you that ye shuld not obey the trueth?

⁶² Iesus sayde vnto him: No man that putteth his honde to the plowe and loketh backe is apte to the kyngdome of God.

²⁶ For yf we synne willyngly after that we have receaved the knowledge of the trueth there remayneth no more sacrifice for synnes ²⁷ but a fearfull lokynge for iudgement and violent fyre which shall devoure the adversaries ²⁸ He that despiseth Moses lawe dyeth with out mercy vnder two or thre witnesses. ²⁹ Of how moche sorer punyshment suppose ye shall he be counted worthy which treadeth vnderfote the sonne of god: and counteth the bloude of the testament as an vnholy thynge wherwith he was sanctified and doth dishonoure to the sprete of grace.

⁴ Neverthelesse I have sumwhat agaynst the for thou haste lefte thy fyrst love.

²¹ For it had bene better for the not to have knowne ye waye of righteousnes then after they have knowe it to turne fro the holy comaundmet geve vnto them.

⁵ Remember therfore from whence thou art fallen and repent and do the fyrst workes. Or elles I wyll come vnto the shortly and will remove thy candlestyke out of his place excepte thou repent.