Luke 8:13

LUKE—NOTE ON Luke 8:13 believe. A few interpreters think this is saving faith because these people “believe.” Though they “fall away” (from fellowship?), this is not an ultimate rejection of Christ. But it is more likely that this is merely intellectual “faith” (compare James 2:17), not saving faith, for these plants have no root (see Mark 4:17), they bear no fruit, and they last only for a while (on perseverance, see notes on John 6:40; Romans 8:29; Romans 8:30; 2 Timothy 2:11; Jude 1:21).