Choosing to be perfect does not mean one was always perfect but rather choosing to be perfect from here on out.
Doctrines like Limited Atonement - why?
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You push a tyrant, then. Love does not compel through force, it woos and it attracts.
That’s subjective. Institutions where 40% of entering freshmen never graduate is hardly a diploma mill.
He could have if he so desired. That's why he continually asked for prayer that he endure the race and encouraged his readers to pursue as if to win a prize.
John 6 shows us many disciples of Jesus walked away. However by your standards, walking away probably means something else.
But; “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.” 1 John 3:9 (KJV 1900)
Because Jesus told them that if the Father did not draw them, they could not be his disciple.
What does an out of context verse have to do with whether Paul could have walked away?
No, it doesn't. It says that sin is not of those born of God. Because it's not. And it has to be understood in the context of the whole of 1 John, which is a reproach to those who say they don't sin and to those who say that Christ gives license to sin.