The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like th
John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.
Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in th
These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are
Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hea
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.
Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?
For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake t
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only
Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that
The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
What then has become of your blessing? For I can testify that, if it were possible, you would have torn out your eyes an
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.
Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.
If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of s
Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat.
He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even mor
A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thr
While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.
Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.
For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had some
Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. He followed Philip closely and was astounded by the great signs and miracl
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to mov
if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has b
because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, h
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us.