“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made" (John 1:1–3).

“If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain" (James 1:26).

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. (Revelation 21:1)

In the next-to-last book of the Bible, the apostle Jude exhorts us to "earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints" (Jude 3). His warning refers primarily to professing Christians who would dilute the faith instead of defending it.

“The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy” (Psalm 145:8)