John 6:66-69

66 aAfter this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. 67So Jesus said to bthe twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” 68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have cthe words of eternal life, 69and dwe have believed, and have come to know, that eyou are fthe Holy One of God.”

John 8:31

The Truth Will Set You Free

31So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, gIf you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

Acts 14:22

22 hstrengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them ito continue in jthe faith, and saying that kthrough many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

Hebrews 10:38-39

38 lbut my righteous one shall live by faith,
and if he shrinks back,
my soul has no pleasure in him.”
39But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

1 John 2:19

19 mThey went out from us, but they were not of us; for nif they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, othat it might become plain that they all are not of us.
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