Those who do not believe in God or reject His teachings are considered to have fallen away from the faith. The apostle Paul writes in 1 Timothy 5:8 that anyone who does not provide for their relatives has denied the faith, and in 2 Thessalonians 3:10, he states that those who are unwilling to work shall not eat. According to 1 Timothy 2:5, there is only one mediator between God and humanity, Jesus Christ, emphasizing the importance of faith in Him for salvation, as also seen in Ephesians 2:8. Ultimately, God's promise is a guarantee for believers, as stated in Hebrews 6:18, offering hope for those who trust in Him.
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If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,