55+ Bible Verses About Apostasy And Dropping the Faith

“For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you.”

You should not let yourself be fooled by any person in any way, for it is unlikely for the miscreant to be disclosed and punished for his sins anytime soon until the rebellion takes place.

“He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.”

He will make a contract with a lot of people for a “seven,” and in the middle of that “seven,” sacrifice and offering will be eradicated.

“The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.”

The Spirit explicitly reveals that in the near future, there will be people who renounce God and stop putting their faith in him. Instead, they will confide in evil spirits and follow the teachings of demons.

“See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.”

No people should carry a corrupt, agnostic heart that can repel the living God at any point in time. 

“Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor practicing homosexuals.”

Had it been in your knowledge that the Almighty would not bequeath his kingdom to those who are committing sin? Do not fall prey to deceit. Neither will promiscuous beings nor adulterers nor idolaters or men who copulate with other men be able to inherit the kingdom of God. 

“Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.”

Those are the ones more likely to face hardships who hear everything with joy, having no urge to raise questions. They are baseless.

“It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit”

“Who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age.”

“And who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.”

People who have been once illuminated with knowledge, who have witnessed the divine gift, who have had a taste of the Holy Spirit, who have invested their faith in the words of God, who have trusted the powers of the coming age, and also those who have fallen apart with Him, can eventually gain reconciliation after deep repentance.

“But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.”

“To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.”

“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.”

The people who broke free from the dishonesty and sins of the world through the Saviour, Lord Jesus Christ, and yet find themselves overwhelmingly trapped in it again; they are in a more pathetic condition than they were before.

“If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left.”

“But only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.”

If we consciously commit sins even after being enlightened with the truth, no sacrifice can save us anymore. All that is left is the endurance of shame and judgment and of the incensed fire that consumes devils.

“Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.”

“How much more severely do you think those deserve to be punished who have trampled the Son of God underfoot, who have treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who have insulted the Spirit of grace?”

All those who refused to follow the laws of Moses died a relentless death in the presence of only two or three witnesses. After all, how much more agonizing can someone’s damnation be, someone who walked over the Son of God, who regarded the blood of God’s covenant that blessed them as something unworthy and unholy, and who brought shame on the Spirit of grace?

“For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.”

There will be a time when people will no longer follow the reasonable dogmas and doctrines; instead, they will surround themselves with preachers who preach what their ears crave to hear in order to quench their own selfish thirsts. They will be deaf to the truth and discard myths.

“If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned.”

If you refuse to stay in me, you are like a tree branch that is discarded from the tree and eventually decays; such branches are picked up and hurled into the fire. Ashes are what’s left of them.

“Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron.”

It has been clearly mentioned by the Spirit that in the future, there will be a time when some will turn their back on faith and run after the evil spirits and deceitful things demons teach. Such things are taught by pretentious liars whose virtues seem to have been charred with a hot iron.

“Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.”

There are several fake teachers among you. In a similar way, there are many fake prophets all around. How cunningly they will ventilate marrying skepticism and commit blasphemy, to such an extent that they even dismiss the Almighty and call sweet havoc on themselves. 

“Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.”

Due to the multiplying viciousness all around, the pure love of many will be smothered and gradually wither.

“At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other.”

At the time when everyone starts to lose hope in faith and choose the road to dishonesty, men will be backstabbed more frequently by their fellow men. 

“It is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.”

Dear friends, since you have been alerted in advance, look out for yourself and do not fall prey to unruly errors. Do not let go of your secured position.

“From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.”

And from that time onwards, several disciples of Jesus turned their back on him and never returned to the path of light again.

“Show proper respect to everyone, love your fellow believers, fear God, honor the emperor.”

These people are like dried-up riverbeds and storm-fetched mists. They deserve nothing but complete darkness. 

“So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!”

And if you believe that the ground below you is solid, let not anyone take that away from you. Stand strong and be cautious that you do not tumble.

“They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth.”

Evil spirits spread nothing but hatred. They prohibit marriages among people and curtail the consumption of certain foods, which were initially created by the Almighty to be received with gratitude by the ones who put their faith in him and are aware of the truth.

“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.”

And when you will be sent for persecution and put to death, a hatred for you will be aroused in all the nations because of me. At such time, many will lose faith, turn their back on honesty and start betraying and hating one another.

“Then one of the Twelve – the one called Judas Iscariot – went to the chief priests.”

“And asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver.”

“From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.”

On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”

“He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.”

“So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.”

“When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve.”

“And while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”

They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?”

Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.”

“The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus answered, “You have said so.”

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.”

The one called Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, walked up to the chief priest and asked him what they were willing to offer Judas if he handed Lord Jesus over to them. They offered him thirty pieces of silver if he stayed true to his words, and so Judas began looking for opportunities to turn in the Son of God. 

“Holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.”

“Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.”

Those that cling on to faith and good morals are saved. Those that have rejected faith have accordingly endured destruction with respect to faith. Among them, Hymenaeus and Alexander have been turned into Satan to forbid them from committing blasphemy.  

Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”

They abandoned us but were they ever really owned by us? Don’t you think they would have stayed with us if they had truly belonged to us? But their departure is proof enough for us to believe that none of them were ever a part of us. 

This is what the LORD says: “Cursed are those who trust in mortals, who depend on flesh for their strength and whose hearts turn away from the LORD.”

“They will be like a bush in the wastelands; they will not see prosperity when it comes. They will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.”

And the Lord said that the people who choose to trust in other people are damned, who seem to derive power from mere humans and have a heart that rejects the Almighty. Such a person is like a thicket in a wild, unused land that fails to notice the bed of roses that comes it’s way. They seem to reside in arid places like deserts, in salt lands where no soul is found.

“Again, when the righteous turn from their righteousness and do evil, and I put a stumbling block before them, they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sins. The righteous things they did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.”

Every time a moral person quits their morality and leans towards malice and ends up doing something that an evil person by nature does, the Almighty places a block before them, on which they trip and die. Since they were not alerted by you, they will have to die for their sins. The good deeds that they did will not be counted, and you will be blamed for their demise. 

“No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.”

As I preach to other people, I shall fight with my body, against my body if necessary, in order to bring it entirely under the command of my mind, so that I too practice what I preach, so that I too can count myself in the game and be eligible to have a chance at winning the prize.

“They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs.”

The word has spread, and it has reached their ears that you instruct all the Jews living among the Gentiles to reject Moses and his teachings, forbidding them from circumcising their children or abiding by the decree of our customs. 

“You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.”

Look at you, trying to be rationalized in the eyes of the law, but getting estranged from the Son of God, Christ, in the process; you have been declined from grace.

“The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.”

The Son of Man will call upon angels so that these angels can get the kingdom rid of anything and everything that disrupts peace, spreads evil and commits sin.

“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

The Word turned into a man of blood and flesh and started living amongst common people. His glory radiated throughout the nation, the glory of God’s only son, who descended from the Father, gracious and truthful as he was.