But he will say, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of evil!’
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
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 once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then he will answer you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’
Even if they bring up children, I will bereave them till none is left. Woe to them when I depart from them!
But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.
But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.
Do not drag me off with the wicked, with the workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evil is in their hearts.
You destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?
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