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You begin with an error. Jesus is not describing the apostasy or falling away. He is describing division and warfare and betrayal. Apostasy is when people fall away from apostolic truth and backslide from the gospel. As I already showed, Paul, Peter, Jude, and John all taught there would be a falling away from the faith that would soon begin (John said it was already happening). They explain the apostasy as people within the church departing from the original faith. Jesus is not describing a falling away in the passage you quoted. He is speaking about violence and division in the world against the saints. Worldlings persecuting the saints is not the "falling away".
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If Christians turn from Jesus its known as falling away. It is not limited to being deceived.
MATT 24:9-12
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
10And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
So these people do not "fall away"?
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