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Baptism: Administered to Only to Professing Believers Acts 2:38

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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Baptism: Administered to Only to Professing Believers Matthew 3:6

Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

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Baptism: Administered to Only to Professing Believers Mark 16:16

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

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Baptism: Administered to Only to Professing Believers Acts 8:12, 37

But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. / 0

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Baptism: Administered to Only to Professing Believers Acts 10:47, 48

“Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!” / So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

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Believers 2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

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Believers John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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Believers 1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Believers Matthew 10:22

You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

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Believers Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Believers John 1:14

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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Believers Romans 5:8

But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

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Believers John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

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Born Again Believers John 3:3

Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

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Born Again Believers 2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!

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Born Again Believers John 3:5–7

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. / Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit. / Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

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Born Again Believers 1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Born Again Believers John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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Born Again Believers Romans 10:9

that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

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Born Again Believers 1 John 1:8

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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Born Again Believers Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Born Again Believers Acts 2:38

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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Born Again Believers 2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.

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Christian: Believers Called Acts 11:26

and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

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Christian: Believers Called Acts 26:28

Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”

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Christian: Believers Called 1 Peter 4:16

But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.

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Church: Believers Continually Added To, by the Lord Acts 2:47

praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

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Church: Believers Continually Added To, by the Lord Acts 5:14

Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.

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Church: Believers Continually Added To, by the Lord Acts 11:24

Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

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Church: Loved by Believers Psalm 87:7

Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”

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Church: Loved by Believers Psalm 137:5

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

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Church: Loved by Believers 1 Corinthians 12:25

so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.

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Church: Loved by Believers 1 Thessalonians 4:9

Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

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Condemnation: Unbelievers Remain Under John 3:18, 36

Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. / Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

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Dating Non Believers 2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

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Dating Non Believers 1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

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Dating Non Believers Proverbs 31:30

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

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Dating Non Believers Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

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Dating Non Believers Deuteronomy 7:3, 4

Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.

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Dating Non Believers 1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

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Dating Non Believers 1 Thessalonians 4:3–5

For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

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Dating Non Believers 1 Corinthians 7:39

A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.

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Dating Non Believers Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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Dating Non Believers Genesis 2:24

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

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Diplomacy: Paul, in Performing Certain Temple Services to Placate Jewish Believers Acts 21:20–25

When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law. / But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs. / What then should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.

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Diplomacy: Paul, in Performing Certain Temple Services to Placate Jewish Believers Galatians 6:12

Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.

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Hurting Other Believers Ephesians 4:31, 32

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice. / Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

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Hurting Other Believers John 15:12

This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

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Hurting Other Believers Luke 8:17

For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.

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Hurting Other Believers Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

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Hurting Other Believers Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

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Hurting Other Believers 1 Peter 5:9

Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

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Hurting Other Believers 1 John 1:7–9

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. / If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. / If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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Joy: Experienced by Believers Luke 24:52

And they worshiped Him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

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Joy: Experienced by Believers Acts 16:34

Then he brought them into his home and set a meal before them. So he and all his household rejoiced that they had come to believe in God.

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Language: Power of Speaking Different: A Sign to Unbelievers 1 Corinthians 14:22

Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.

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Miracles: Demanded by Unbelievers Matthew 12:38, 39

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” / Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

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Miracles: Demanded by Unbelievers Matthew 16:1

Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.

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Miracles: Demanded by Unbelievers Luke 11:16, 29

And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven. / As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

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Miracles: Demanded by Unbelievers Luke 23:8

When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle.

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Non Believers John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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Non Believers 1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

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Non Believers 2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

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Non Believers 2 John 1:9–11

Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son. / If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him. / Whoever greets such a person shares in his evil deeds.

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Non Believers 2 Chronicles 15:12, 13

Then they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul. / And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

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Non Believers 1 Corinthians 7:13, 14

And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. / For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

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Non Believers Matthew 7:21–23

Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. / Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

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Non Believers 2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

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Non Believers Proverbs 3:5–7

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; / in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. / Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

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Non Believers Romans 12:2

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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Nonbelievers Acts 4:12

Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

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Nonbelievers Ephesians 2:8, 9

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, / not by works, so that no one can boast.

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Servants: Duties of, to Masters: To Revere Them the More, when They are Believers 1 Timothy 6:2

Those who have believing masters should not show disrespect because they are brothers, but should serve them all the more, since those receiving their good service are beloved believers. Teach and encourage these principles.

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Sin in Believers is a Reproach to the Lord 2 Samuel 12:14

Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”

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The Church: Believers Continually Added To, by the Lord Acts 2:27

because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

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The Church: Believers Continually Added To, by the Lord Acts 5:14

Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.

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The Church: Believers Continually Added To, by the Lord Acts 11:24

Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

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The Jews: A Spiritual Seed of True Believers Always Among 1 Kings 19:18

Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”

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The Jews: A Spiritual Seed of True Believers Always Among Isaiah 6:13

And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”

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The Jews: A Spiritual Seed of True Believers Always Among Romans 9:6, 7

It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. / Nor because they are Abraham’s descendants are they all his children. On the contrary, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

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The Jews: A Spiritual Seed of True Believers Always Among Romans 11:1, 5

I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. / In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

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The Lamb of Weak Believers Isaiah 40:11

He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.

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The Lamb of Weak Believers John 21:15

When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”

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The Truth of God is Denied by Unbelievers 1 John 5:10

Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.

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Titles and Names of Saints: Believers Acts 5:14

Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.

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Titles and Names of Saints: Believers 1 Timothy 4:12

Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

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Truth of God: Unbelievers 1 John 5:10

Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.

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Unbelief: Believers should Hold No Communion with Those In 2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

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Unbelievers 2 Corinthians 6:14

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

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Unbelievers Ephesians 4:18

They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

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Unbelievers 2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

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Unbelievers 1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

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Unbelievers Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Unbelievers Proverbs 24:20

For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

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Unbelievers John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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Unbelievers 1 Timothy 5:8

If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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Unbelievers Revelation 21:8

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

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Unbelievers Hebrews 3:12

See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.

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Witness of the Holy Spirit: Borne Against all Unbelievers Nehemiah 9:30

You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.

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Witness of the Holy Spirit: Borne Against all Unbelievers Acts 28:25–27

They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet: / ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.” / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

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