What does the Bible say about assurance of salvation?
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The Bible teaches that believers may have real assurance of salvation because it rests on God’s grace and Christ’s promise, received through faith, rather than on their own works or changing feelings. John 5:24, John 3:36, and John 10:28 declare that those who trust the Son have eternal life and are secure in his keeping. Ephesians 2:8-9 and Romans 10:9 emphasize salvation by grace through faith in the crucified and risen Christ. First John 5:11-13 was written so believers may know they have eternal life. At the same time, Matthew 7:21, Matthew 24:11-13, and Hebrews 10:26-27 warn against empty profession and persistent rebellion. Genuine assurance is therefore joined to persevering faith, repentance, and growing obedience.
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- John 5:24 4 votes
“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- John 3:36 3 votes
One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
- Ephesians 2:8-9 3 votes
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast.
- John 10:28 3 votes
I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
- 1 John 5:11-13 2 votes
The testimony is this: that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
- Matthew 24:11-13 2 votes
Many false prophets will arise and will lead many astray. Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
- 1 John 5:13 2 votes
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
- Romans 10:9 2 votes
that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Matthew 7:21 2 votes
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
- Hebrews 10:26-27 2 votes
For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.
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