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Perseverance of the Saints
The perseverance of the saints is the Reformed (Calvinist) doctrine that God upholds to the end those whom He has truly saved, so that they never fall away completely from the faith. Other traditions understand the matter differently.
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- Assurance of SalvationControversies
A discussion of whether a person who has once been saved can lose salvation, and of the grounds on which a person may be assured of being saved.
- Romans 8:38–39Bible Verses
This passage declares that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, nor anything else "shall be able to separate" believers from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus. Widely regarded as the climax of Romans 8, it is frequently cited in debates over the assurance of salvation and the perseverance of the saints.
- John 10:28–29Bible Verses
In this passage Jesus says that he gives eternal life to his sheep and that no one can snatch them out of his hand or out of the Father's hand. It is a principal basis for the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints, which holds that those who have once been saved are preserved to the end, and it stands at the center of the debate over whether salvation can be lost.
- John 10:27–29Bible Verses
A passage in which Jesus says that he gives eternal life to his sheep and that no one can pluck them out of his hand or his Father's hand. It is frequently cited in discussions among denominations concerning the perseverance of the saints and the assurance of salvation.
- Jude 1:24Bible Verses
The opening verse of the doxology that concludes the Epistle of Jude. It confesses that God keeps believers from falling and will present them faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy on the last day. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of the perseverance of the saints and of sanctification.
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