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who have swerved from the truth by holding that the resurrection is past already. They are upsetting the faith of some.

So shun youthful passions and aim at righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call upon the Lord from a pure heart.

As Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of corrupt mind and counterfeit faith;

Now you have observed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,

and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings which are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth which accords with godliness,

To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

Bid the older men be temperate, serious, sensible, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.

All who are with me send greetings to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.

because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and all the saints,

and I pray that the sharing of your faith may promote the knowledge of all the good that is ours in Christ.

For good news came to us just as to them; but the message which they heard did not benefit them, because it did not meet with faith in the hearers.

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and keep their souls.

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.