1 Samuel 12:23

12:23 As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright.

Romans 3:6

3:6 Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world?

Romans 6:2

6:2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it?

Hebrews 10:38-39

10:38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I 1  take no pleasure in him. 2  10:39 But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls. 3 

1 tn Grk “my soul.”

2 sn A quotation from Hab 2:4.

3 tn Grk “not…of shrinking back to perdition but of faith to the preservation of the soul.”