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Aposta-te,-cy

From: A Dictionary of Biblical Words and Phrases By: Alfred Taylor Schofield

A deliberate defection or departure from a standing or faith. The Jews looked on Christians as apostates (Acts 21:21²¹And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. (Acts 21:21)). There will come “the apostacy” from Christianity (2 Thess. 2:3³Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; (2 Thessalonians 2:3)). There is now a departing from the faith (1 Tim. 4:1¹Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; (1 Timothy 4:1)). The Hebrews, who were on Christian ground, were in danger of departing from the living God (Heb. 3:12¹²Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. (Hebrews 3:12)), and some from Christianity altogether, to return to the dead forms of Judaism (Heb. 6).

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