“Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.” 2 Timothy 2:19 NIV
But anyway, both of us agree that the believer must continue to believe or else they are not born again. You believe they will continue to believe because they are born again and are incapable of not believing, while I believe they continue to believe if they choose to continue to believe and as a result of that continued believing remain born again. So there is no difference of belief between us in regard to the fundamental necessity for the believer to believe to the very end or else they are not saved.
It's clear that we both agree that born again people must continue to believe: You believe they must continue to believe because they are born again and God designed them beforehand to be believers and can not alter that predetermined outcome. While I believe they must continue to believe as a matter of their choice to continue to believe, through God's gracious gift of faith, of course, not through any ability of their own to be able to trust in the gospel. Nobody can trust in the gospel without first having God's power of 'knowing' that the gospel really is true.
You are amazing, you still do not get it.
When you use the term MUST, it some you do to be right with God, which is a FALSE DOCTRINE.
When you use the term WILL, it is HE WHO DID SOMETHING TO CHANGE YOUR HUMAN SPIRIT.
THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WORKS RIGHTEOUSNESS FALSE THEOLOGY,
AND THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JESUS.
Look at the way Young's Literal Translation words that verse you quoted:
2 Timothy 2:19 (YLT)
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19 [/SUP] sure, nevertheless, hath the foundation of God stood, having this seal,
`The Lord hath known those who are His,' and `
Let him depart from unrighteousness-
-every one who is naming the name of Christ.'
2 Timothy 2:19 (CSBBible)
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19 [/SUP] Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, bearing this inscription:
The Lord knows those who are his, and
let everyone who calls on the name of the Lord turn away from wickedness.
2 Timothy 2:19 (NKJV)
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19 [/SUP] Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal:
"The Lord knows those who are His," and,
"Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."
2 Timothy 2:19 (ESV)
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19 [/SUP] But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and,
“Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”
When they insert MUST in the verse they change what the the original language said. When it sticks with the original language wording, the LET becomes, something we will WANT TO DO, instead of your HAVE TO DO.
If you want to be Born Again, you will have to come to HIM, mourning your sinning your utter sinfulness, and being willing to Surrender every bit of yourself, out of LOVE FOR HIM, giving HIM the right to change anything and everything in you that HE WANTS TO CHANGE. That includes the pride you have in what you think you do to be right in HIS EYES.
