to draw back or apostatize in matters of religion (Ac 21:21; 2Th 2:3; 1Ti 4:1). This may be either partial (Pr 14:14) or complete (Heb. 6:4-6; 10:38, 39). The apostasy may be both doctrinal and moral.
The backslider in heart will have his fill of his own ways, But a good man will be satisfied with his.
and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs.
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