Hebrews 6:4-8

4For it is impossible, in the case of those awho have once been enlightened, who have tasted bthe heavenly gift, and chave shared in the Holy Spirit, 5and dhave tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6and ethen have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since fthey are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. 7For gland that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. 8But hif it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, iand its end is to be burned.

Hebrews 10:26-31

26For jif we go on sinning deliberately kafter receiving the knowledge of the truth, lthere no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 mbut a fearful expectation of judgment, and na fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. 28 oAnyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy pon the evidence of two or three witnesses. 29How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one qwho has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned rthe blood of the covenant sby which he was sanctified, and has toutraged the Spirit of grace? 30For we know him who said, uVengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, v“The Lord will judge his people.” 31 wIt is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

2 Peter 2:19-22

19They promise them xfreedom, ybut they themselves are slaves
Greek bondservants
of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.
20For if, aaafter they have escaped the defilements of the world abthrough the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, acthe last state has become worse for them than the first. 21For adit would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from aethe holy commandment delivered to them. 22What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The afdog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.”

Revelation of John 21:8

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

Revelation of John 22:11

11 akLet the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”

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