assurance of salvation
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24Amen, amen, I say to you, that whoever hears my word, and believes in him who sent me, has eternal life, and he does not go into judgment, but instead he crosses from death into life.
36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. But whoever is unbelieving toward the Son shall not see life; instead the wrath of God remains upon him.”
8For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God. 9And this is not of works, so that no one may glory.
28And I give them eternal life, and they shall not perish, for eternity. And no one shall seize them from my hand.
11And this is the testimony which God has given to us: Eternal Life. And this Life is in his Son. 12Whoever has the Son, has Life. Whoever does not have the Son, does not have Life. 13I am writing this to you, so that you may know that you have Eternal Life: you who believe in the name of the Son of God.
11And many false prophets will arise, and they will lead many astray. 12And because iniquity has abounded, the charity of many will grow cold. 13But whoever will have persevered until the end, the same shall be saved.
13I am writing this to you, so that you may know that you have Eternal Life: you who believe in the name of the Son of God.
9For if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and if you believe in your heart that God has raised him up from the dead, you shall be saved.
21Not all who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
26For if we sin willingly, after receiving knowledge of the truth, there is no sacrifice remaining for sins, 27but instead, a certain terrible expectation of judgment, and the rage of a fire that shall consume its adversaries.
16For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
31Therefore, Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him: “If you will abide in my word, you will truly be my disciples. 32And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.”
1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh.
13For all those who have called upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
4For it is impossible for those who were once illuminated, and have even tasted of the heavenly gift, and have become sharers in the Holy Spirit, 5who, despite having tasted the good Word of God and the virtues of the future age, have yet fallen away, 6to be renewed again to penance, since they are crucifying again in themselves the Son of God and are still maintaining pretenses.