Hos 6:4, Luk 22:31-32, Joh 2:23-25, 8:30-32, 12:42-43, 15:2, 6, Act 8:13-23 | ESV | STEP | What shall I do with you, O Ephraim ? What shall I do with you, O Judah ? Your love is like a morning cloud , like the dew that goes early away .

4 What shall I do with you, ^aO ^bEphraim?
What shall I do with you, O ^cJudah?
Your love is ^dlike a morning cloud,
^elike the dew that goes early away.

Luke 22:31-32

Jesus Foretells Peter’s Denial

31 “Simon, Simon, behold, ^fSatan demanded to have you, ^{▼▼The Greek word for you (twice in this verse) is plural; in verse 32, all four instances are singular} ^hthat he might sift you like wheat, 32 but ⁱI have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, ^jstrengthen your brothers.”

John 2:23-25

Jesus Knows What Is in Man

23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name ^kwhen they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus ^lon his part did not entrust himself to them, because ^mhe knew all people 25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for ⁿhe himself knew what was in man.

John 8:30-32

30 As he was saying these things, ^omany believed in him.

The Truth Will Set You Free

31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ^p“If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will ^qknow the truth, and the truth ^rwill set you free.”

John 12:42-43

42 Nevertheless, ^smany even of the authorities believed in him, but ^tfor fear of the Pharisees they did not ^uconfess it, so that they would not be ^vput out of the synagogue; 43 ^wfor they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

John 15:2

2 ^xEvery branch in me that does not bear fruit ^yhe takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^zthat it may bear more fruit.

John 15:6

6 If anyone does not abide in me ^aahe is thrown away like a branch and withers; ^aband the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

Acts 8:13-23

13 Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And ^acseeing signs and ^adgreat miracles ^{▼▼Greek works of power} performed, ^afhe was amazed.

14 Now when ^agthe apostles at Jerusalem heard that ^ahSamaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, 15 who came down and prayed for them ^aithat they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 for ^ajhe had not yet ^akfallen on any of them, but ^althey had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then ^amthey laid their hands on them and ^anthey received the Holy Spirit. 18 Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” 20 But Peter said to him, ^ao“May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God ^apwith money! 21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for ^aqyour heart is not right before God. 22 Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, ^arif possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 For I see that you are in ^asthe gall ^{▼▼That is, a bitter fluid secreted by the liver; bile} of bitterness and in ^authe bond of iniquity.”