Cygnus
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1 Peter 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.if we continue in the faith.
- to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight— if indeed you continue in the faith,
And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight— if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Colossians 1:21-23
JLB
Some people don't continue in the faith because they have never been saved. That's why they depart.