Deuteronomy 20:8

8And the officers shall speak further to the people, and say, aIs there any man who is fearful and fainthearted? Let him go back to his house, lest he make the heart of his fellows melt like his own.’

Matthew 13:21

21yet he has no root in himself, but bendures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately che falls away.
Or stumbles

Luke 14:25-33

The Cost of Discipleship

25Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26 eIf anyone comes to me and fdoes not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, gyes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 hWhoever does not ibear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not jfirst sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not ksit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33 lSo therefore, any one of you who mdoes not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

Revelation of John 17:14

14They nwill make war on the Lamb, and othe Lamb will conquer them, for he is pLord of lords and qKing of kings, and those with him are rcalled and chosen and faithful.”

Revelation of John 21:8

8 sBut as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, ttheir portion will be in uthe lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is vthe second death.”

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