Bible verses about "backsliding" | BBE

⁷ And I will give them a heart to have knowledge of me, that I am the Lord: and they will be my people, and I will be their God: for they will come back to me with all their heart.

¹ O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.

⁴ I will put right their errors; freely will my love be given to them, for my wrath is turned away from him.

⁶² But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.

⁸ Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God: ⁹ Not by works, so that no man may take glory to himself.

²⁰ For if, after they have got free from the unclean things of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again taken in the net and overcome, their last condition is worse than their first. ²¹ For it would have been better for them to have had no knowledge of the way of righteousness, than to go back again from the holy law which was given to them, after having knowledge of it. ²² They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.

¹ To the angel of the church in Ephesus say: These things says he who has the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the middle of the seven gold lights: ² I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false; ³ And you have the power of waiting, and have undergone trouble because of my name, without weariness. ⁴ But I have this against you, that you are turned away from your first love. ⁵ So keep in mind where you were at first, and be changed in heart and do the first works; or I will come to you, and will take away your light from its place, if your hearts are not changed. ⁶ But at least you have the credit of hating the works of the Nicolaitans, as I do. ⁷ He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the fruit of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God. ⁸ And to the angel of the church in Smyrna say: These things says the first and the last, who was dead and is living: ⁹ I have knowledge of your troubles and how poor you are but you have true wealth, and the evil words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a Synagogue of Satan. ¹⁰ Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life. ¹¹ He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not come under the power of the second death. ¹² And to the angel of the church in Pergamos say: These things says he who has the sharp two-edged sword: ¹³ I have knowledge that your living-place is where Satan has his seat: and you are true to my name, and were not turned away from your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my true witness, who was put to death among you, where Satan has his place. ¹⁴ But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh. ¹⁵ And you have those who keep the teaching of the Nicolaitans. ¹⁶ See, then, that you have a change of heart; or I will come to you quickly, and will make war against them with the sword of my mouth. ¹⁷ He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given. ¹⁸ And to the angel of the church in Thyatira say: These things says the Son of God, whose eyes are like a flame of fire, and his feet like polished brass: ¹⁹ I have knowledge of your works, and your love and faith and help and strength in trouble, and that your last works are more than the first. ²⁰ But I have this against you, that you let the woman Jezebel say she is a prophet and give false teaching, making my servants go after the desires of the flesh and take food offered to false gods. ²¹ And I gave her time for a change of heart, but she has no mind to give up her unclean ways. ²² See, I will put her into a bed, and those who make themselves unclean with her, into great trouble, if they go on with her works. ²³ And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works. ²⁴ But to you I say, to the rest in Thyatira, even to those who have not this teaching, and have no knowledge of the secrets of Satan, as they say; I put on you no other weight. ²⁵ But what you have, keep safe till I come. ²⁶ He who overcomes, and keeps my works to the end, to him I will give rule over the nations, ²⁷ And he will be ruling them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of the potter they will be broken, even as I have power from my Father: ²⁸ And I will give him the morning star. ²⁹ He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.

¹ And to the angel of the church in Sardis say: These things says he who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars: I have knowledge of your works, that you seem to be living but are dead. ² Be on the watch, and make strong the rest of the things which are near to death; because as judged by me your works have not come up to God's measure. ³ Keep in mind, then, the teaching which was given to you, and be ruled by it and have a change of heart. If then you do not keep watch, I will come like a thief, and you will have no knowledge of the hour when I will come on you. ⁴ But you have some names in Sardis who have kept clean their robes; and as a reward they will go in white with me. ⁵ He who overcomes will be dressed in white, and I will not take his name from the book of life, and I will give witness to his name before my Father, and before his angels. ⁶ He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. ⁷ And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia say: These things says he who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, opening the door so that it may be shut by no one, and shutting it so that it may be open to no one. ⁸ I have knowledge of your works see, I have put before you an open door which may be shut by no one, and that you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have been true to my name. ⁹ See, I will make those of the Synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but say what is false; I will make them come and give worship before your feet, and see my love for you. ¹⁰ Because you have kept my word in quiet strength, I will keep you from the hour of testing which is coming on all the world, to put to the test those who are on earth. ¹¹ I come quickly: keep that which you have, so that no one may take your crown. ¹² Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the house of my God, and he will go out no more: and I will put on him the name of my God, and the name of the town of my God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my new name. ¹³ He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. ¹⁴ And to the angel of the church in Laodicea say: These things says the true and certain witness, the head of God's new order: ¹⁵ I have knowledge of your works, that you are not cold or warm: it would be better if you were cold or warm. ¹⁶ So because you are not one thing or the other, I will have no more to do with you. ¹⁷ For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing. ¹⁸ If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see. ¹⁹ To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways. ²⁰ See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me. ²¹ To him who overcomes I will give a place with me on my high seat, even as I overcame, and am seated with my Father on his high seat. ²² He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.

¹ After these things I saw a door open in heaven, and the first voice came to my ears, like the sound of a horn, saying, Come up here, and I will make clear to you the things which are to come. ² Straight away I was in the Spirit: and I saw a high seat in heaven, and one was seated on it; ³ And to my eyes he was like a jasper and a sardius stone: and there was an arch of light round the high seat, like an emerald. ⁴ And round about the high seat were four and twenty seats: and on them I saw four and twenty rulers seated, clothed in white robes; and on their heads crowns of gold. ⁵ And out of the high seat came flames and voices and thunders. And seven lights of fire were burning before the high seat, which are the seven Spirits of God; ⁶ And before the high seat there was, as it seemed, a clear sea of glass; and in the middle of the high seat, and round about it, four beasts full of eyes round about. ⁷ And the first beast was like a lion, and the second like an ox, and the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight. ⁸ And the four beasts, having every one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and inside: and without resting day and night, they say, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, Ruler of all, who was and is and is to come. ⁹ And when the beasts give glory and honour to him who is seated on the high seat, to him who is living for ever and ever, ¹⁰ The four and twenty rulers go down on their faces before him who is seated on the high seat, and give worship to him who is living for ever and ever, and take off their crowns before the high seat, saying, ¹¹ It is right, our Lord and our God, for you to have glory and honour and power: because by you were all things made, and by your desire they came into being.

¹⁶ For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.

¹⁴ He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.

²² Come back, you children who have been turned away, and I will take away your desire for wandering. See, we have come to you, for you are the Lord our God.

⁵ Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.

⁷ Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.

⁵ Make a test of yourselves, if you are in the faith; make certain of yourselves. Or are you not conscious in yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, if you are truly Christ's?

¹² Go, and give out these words to the north, and say, Come back, O Israel, though you have been turned away from me, says the Lord; my face will not be against you in wrath: for I am full of mercy, says the Lord, I will not be angry for ever.

⁹ If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.

⁴ As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit, ⁵ With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time, ⁶ And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him.