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μένω (meno): abide, continue, endure, persevere, remain, stay exactly right where you already are
Whenever the Bible uses μένω in reference to being "in Christ", it can NEVER be spoken to or about a non-Christian or a false convert; because it is, by definition; referring to someone who is already, truly, & totally "IN Christ".
Here are some examples of the NT use of the Greek word μένω & some of the verses it connects to disprove ES/OSAS, & some other verses that concur as cross-references to them:
1 JOHN 2:24
Let that therefore ABIDE...
(μενέτω - present imperative active - 3rd person singular of μένω)
...in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall REMAIN...
(μείνῃ - aorist subjunctive active - 3rd prsn. snglr. of μένω)
...in you, ye also shall CONTINUE...
(μενεῖτε - future indicative active - 2nd person plural of μένω)
...in the Son, & in the Father.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:
¹ Moreover, brethren; I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, & wherein ye stand;
² by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
2 COR. 6:1
We then, as workers together with Him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
HEBREWS 12:15
Oversee diligently lest anyone fall away from the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, & thereby many be defiled.
JOHN 15:6
If a man ABIDE...
(μένῃ - present subjunctive active - 3rd p. s. of μένω)
...not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, & is withered; & men gather them & cast them into the fire, & they are burned.
ROMANS 11:
²⁰ Rightly so, by unbelief they were broken off. But thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear.
²¹ For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not thee.
²² Behold therefore the goodness & severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou CONTINUE...
(ἐπιμένῃς - present subjunctive active - 2nd p. s. of μένω w/ ἐπί prefix)
...in His goodness. Otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.
COLOSSIANS 1:
²¹ And you that were sometime alienated & enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled
²² in the body of His flesh through death; to present you holy & unblameable & unreproveable in His sight,
²³ if ye CONTINUE...
(ἐπιμένετε - present indicative active - 2nd prsn. plrl. of μένω w/ ἐπί prefix)
...in the faith grounded & settled, & be not moved away from the hope of the Gospel; which ye have heard, & which was preached in all creation under heaven...
JOHN 14:21 & 23
²¹ He that hath My commandments, & keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me. And he that loveth Me, shall be loved by My Father. And I will love him, & will manifest Myself to him.
²³ ...If a man love Me, he will keep My words & my Father will love him. And We will come unto him & make Our abode with him.
JUDE 21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ until eternal life.
JOHN 15:
⁹ As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you. CONTINUE...
(μείνατε - aorist imperative active - 2nd p. pl. of μένω)
...ye in My love.
¹⁰ If ye keep My commandments, ye shall ABIDE...
(μενεῖτε - future indicative active - 2nd p. pl. of μένω)
...in My love; even as I have kept My Father's commandments & abide in His love.
ACTS 13:43
Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews & of the devout proselytes followed Paul & Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to CONTINUE...
(προσμένειν - present infinitive active of μένω w/ προσ prefix)
...in the grace of God.
ACTS 14:22
Confirming the souls of the disciples, & exhorting them to CONTINUE...
(ἐμμένειν - present infinitive active of μένω)
...in the faith, & that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
ACTS 11:23
When he arrived & saw the grace of God, he rejoiced & exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they must CONTINUE...
(προσμένειν - present infinitive active of μένω w/ προσ prefix)
...in the Lord.
MAT. 10:22
And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake. But he that ENDURETH...
(ὑπομείνας - aorist participle active - nominative masculine singular of μένω w/ ὑπο prefix)
...until the end shall be saved.
MARK 13:13
And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake. But he that shall ENDURE...
(ὑπομείνας - aorist participle active - nominative masculine singular of μένω w/ ὑπο prefix)
...until the end, the same shall be saved.
LUKE 21:17 & 19
¹⁷ And ye shall be hated of all men for My Name's sake.
¹⁹ In your PATIENCE/endurance...
(ὑπομονῇ - noun - dative feminine singular of μένω w/ ὑπο prefix)
...possess/save ye your souls.
ROM. 2:
⁶ (God)...shall render to each according to his works:
⁷ to those who with PATIENCE...
(ὑπομονὴν - noun - accusative feminine singular of μένω w/ ὑπο prefix)
...in good work seek for glory, honor, & incorruptibility: eternal life;
⁸ but to those who are contentious & disobedient to the truth because they are persuaded to unrighteousness: wrath & indignation.
HEB. 10:
³⁵ Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
³⁶ For ye have need of PATIENCE,...
(ὑπομονῆς - noun - genitive feminine singular of μένω w/ ὑπο prefix)
...so that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
³⁷ For yet a little while & He that will appear, shall arrive, & will not tarry.
³⁸ Now the just shall live by faith. But if any man draw back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him.
³⁹ But we are not of those drawing back into destruction, but of those believing until the saving of the soul.
HEB. 3:6, 12-14
⁶ But Christ as a Son over His own house; Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence & the rejoicing of the hope firm until the end.
¹² Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
¹³ But exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today"; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
¹⁴ For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast until the end.
MAT. 24:13
But he that shall ENDURE...
(ὑπομείνας - aorist participle active - nominative masculine singular of μένω w/ ὑπο prefix)
...until the end, the same shall be saved.
1 TIM. 4:16
Take heed unto thyself, & unto the doctrine; CONTINUE...
(ἐπίμενε - present imperative active - 2nd person singular of μένω w/ ἐπί prefix)
...in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, & them that hear thee.
These Bible verses prove that a soul is not saved instantly & totally by momentary faith, but constantly & finally (after death) through maintained fidelity. Therefore the doctrine of Eternal Security (during this lifetime, in the flesh, & in the world), also known as: "Once Saved Always Saved", is a lie. Only after a soul has followed Jesus Christ all the way to Heaven is it eternally secure & always safe.
Whenever the Bible uses μένω in reference to being "in Christ", it can NEVER be spoken to or about a non-Christian or a false convert; because it is, by definition; referring to someone who is already, truly, & totally "IN Christ".
Here are some examples of the NT use of the Greek word μένω & some of the verses it connects to disprove ES/OSAS, & some other verses that concur as cross-references to them:
1 JOHN 2:24
Let that therefore ABIDE...
(μενέτω - present imperative active - 3rd person singular of μένω)
...in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall REMAIN...
(μείνῃ - aorist subjunctive active - 3rd prsn. snglr. of μένω)
...in you, ye also shall CONTINUE...
(μενεῖτε - future indicative active - 2nd person plural of μένω)
...in the Son, & in the Father.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:
¹ Moreover, brethren; I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, & wherein ye stand;
² by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
2 COR. 6:1
We then, as workers together with Him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
HEBREWS 12:15
Oversee diligently lest anyone fall away from the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, & thereby many be defiled.
JOHN 15:6
If a man ABIDE...
(μένῃ - present subjunctive active - 3rd p. s. of μένω)
...not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, & is withered; & men gather them & cast them into the fire, & they are burned.
ROMANS 11:
²⁰ Rightly so, by unbelief they were broken off. But thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear.
²¹ For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest He also spare not thee.
²² Behold therefore the goodness & severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou CONTINUE...
(ἐπιμένῃς - present subjunctive active - 2nd p. s. of μένω w/ ἐπί prefix)
...in His goodness. Otherwise, thou also shalt be cut off.
COLOSSIANS 1:
²¹ And you that were sometime alienated & enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled
²² in the body of His flesh through death; to present you holy & unblameable & unreproveable in His sight,
²³ if ye CONTINUE...
(ἐπιμένετε - present indicative active - 2nd prsn. plrl. of μένω w/ ἐπί prefix)
...in the faith grounded & settled, & be not moved away from the hope of the Gospel; which ye have heard, & which was preached in all creation under heaven...
JOHN 14:21 & 23
²¹ He that hath My commandments, & keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me. And he that loveth Me, shall be loved by My Father. And I will love him, & will manifest Myself to him.
²³ ...If a man love Me, he will keep My words & my Father will love him. And We will come unto him & make Our abode with him.
JUDE 21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ until eternal life.
JOHN 15:
⁹ As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you. CONTINUE...
(μείνατε - aorist imperative active - 2nd p. pl. of μένω)
...ye in My love.
¹⁰ If ye keep My commandments, ye shall ABIDE...
(μενεῖτε - future indicative active - 2nd p. pl. of μένω)
...in My love; even as I have kept My Father's commandments & abide in His love.
ACTS 13:43
Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews & of the devout proselytes followed Paul & Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to CONTINUE...
(προσμένειν - present infinitive active of μένω w/ προσ prefix)
...in the grace of God.
ACTS 14:22
Confirming the souls of the disciples, & exhorting them to CONTINUE...
(ἐμμένειν - present infinitive active of μένω)
...in the faith, & that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
ACTS 11:23
When he arrived & saw the grace of God, he rejoiced & exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they must CONTINUE...
(προσμένειν - present infinitive active of μένω w/ προσ prefix)
...in the Lord.
MAT. 10:22
And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake. But he that ENDURETH...
(ὑπομείνας - aorist participle active - nominative masculine singular of μένω w/ ὑπο prefix)
...until the end shall be saved.
MARK 13:13
And ye shall be hated of all men for My name's sake. But he that shall ENDURE...
(ὑπομείνας - aorist participle active - nominative masculine singular of μένω w/ ὑπο prefix)
...until the end, the same shall be saved.
LUKE 21:17 & 19
¹⁷ And ye shall be hated of all men for My Name's sake.
¹⁹ In your PATIENCE/endurance...
(ὑπομονῇ - noun - dative feminine singular of μένω w/ ὑπο prefix)
...possess/save ye your souls.
ROM. 2:
⁶ (God)...shall render to each according to his works:
⁷ to those who with PATIENCE...
(ὑπομονὴν - noun - accusative feminine singular of μένω w/ ὑπο prefix)
...in good work seek for glory, honor, & incorruptibility: eternal life;
⁸ but to those who are contentious & disobedient to the truth because they are persuaded to unrighteousness: wrath & indignation.
HEB. 10:
³⁵ Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
³⁶ For ye have need of PATIENCE,...
(ὑπομονῆς - noun - genitive feminine singular of μένω w/ ὑπο prefix)
...so that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
³⁷ For yet a little while & He that will appear, shall arrive, & will not tarry.
³⁸ Now the just shall live by faith. But if any man draw back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him.
³⁹ But we are not of those drawing back into destruction, but of those believing until the saving of the soul.
HEB. 3:6, 12-14
⁶ But Christ as a Son over His own house; Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence & the rejoicing of the hope firm until the end.
¹² Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
¹³ But exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today"; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
¹⁴ For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast until the end.
MAT. 24:13
But he that shall ENDURE...
(ὑπομείνας - aorist participle active - nominative masculine singular of μένω w/ ὑπο prefix)
...until the end, the same shall be saved.
1 TIM. 4:16
Take heed unto thyself, & unto the doctrine; CONTINUE...
(ἐπίμενε - present imperative active - 2nd person singular of μένω w/ ἐπί prefix)
...in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, & them that hear thee.
These Bible verses prove that a soul is not saved instantly & totally by momentary faith, but constantly & finally (after death) through maintained fidelity. Therefore the doctrine of Eternal Security (during this lifetime, in the flesh, & in the world), also known as: "Once Saved Always Saved", is a lie. Only after a soul has followed Jesus Christ all the way to Heaven is it eternally secure & always safe.