eternal salvation
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18The Lord has freed me from every evil work, and he will accomplish salvation by his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.
1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are beloved in God the Father, and who are guarded and called in Jesus Christ:
28And I give them eternal life, and they shall not perish, for eternity. And no one shall seize them from my hand. 29What my Father gave to me is greater than all, and no one is able to seize from the hand of my Father.
24Then, to him who has the power to keep you free from sin and to present you, immaculate, with exultation, before the presence of his glory at the advent of our Lord Jesus Christ, 25to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord: to him be glory and magnificence, dominion and power, before all ages, and now, and in every age, forever. Amen.
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.
29For the gifts and the call of God are without regret.
38For I am certain that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor Principalities, nor Powers, nor the present things, nor the future things, nor strength, 39nor the heights, nor the depths, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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.
37All that the Father gives to me shall come to me. And whoever comes to me, I will not cast out. 38For I descended from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. 39Yet this is the will of the Father who sent me: that I should lose nothing out of all that he has given to me, but that I should raise them up on the last day. 40So then, this is the will of my Father who sent me: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
1Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who are not walking according to the flesh.
13In him, you also, after you heard and believed the Word of truth, which is the Gospel of your salvation, were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the Promise.
6I am confident of this very thing: that he who has begun this good work in you will perfect it, unto the day of Christ Jesus.
4unto an incorruptible and undefiled and unfading inheritance, which is reserved for you in heaven.
14I have learned that all the works which God has made continue on, in perpetuity. We are not able to add anything, nor to take anything away, from those things which God has made in order that he may be feared.
4For all that is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world: our faith.
14For, by one oblation, he has brought to fulfillment, for all time, those who are sanctified.
47Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me has eternal life.
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.
12entered once into the Holy of Holies, having obtained eternal redemption, neither by the blood of goats, nor of calves, but by his own blood.
22And he has sealed us, and he has placed the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.
18Whoever believes in him is not judged. But whoever does not believe is already judged, because he does not believe in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
5Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God!