eternal security
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27My sheep hear my voice. And I know them, and they follow me. 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.
37All that the Father gives to me shall come to me. And whoever comes to me, I will not cast out.
28And I give them eternal life, and they shall not perish, for eternity. And no one shall seize them from my hand.
10For by this will, we have been sanctified, through the one time oblation of the body of Jesus Christ.
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.
29For the gifts and the call of God are without regret.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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,
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.
22And he has sealed us, and he has placed the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.
25And for this reason, he is able, continuously, to save those who approach God through him, since he is ever alive to make intercession on our behalf.
8For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not of yourselves, for it is a gift of God.
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.
30And do not be willing to grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you have been sealed, unto the day of redemption.
6And if it is by grace, then it is not now by works; otherwise grace is no longer free.