What does the Bible say about eternal security?
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The Bible teaches that those whom God saves through faith in Christ are kept by his grace and will not finally be lost. Jesus promises that his sheep hear his voice, receive eternal life, and cannot be snatched from his hand or the Father's hand (John 10:27-29; John 10:28). He will receive all whom the Father gives him and lose none of them (John 6:37), while believers have passed from death to life (John 5:24). Christ's once-for-all sacrifice truly sanctifies his people (Hebrews 10:10), and God's gifts and calling are irrevocable (Romans 11:29). Nothing can separate believers from God's love in Christ (Romans 8:38-39), for he is able to keep them and present them blameless (Jude 1:24-25).
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- John 10:27-29
[27] My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. [28] I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. [29] My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
- John 6:37
All those who the Father gives me will come to me. Him who comes to me I will in no way throw out.
- John 10:28
I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
- Hebrews 10:10
by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
- John 5:24
"Most assuredly 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.
- Romans 11:29
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
- John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- Romans 8:38-39
[38] For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, [39] nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Jude 1:24-25
[24] Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy, [25] to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.
- Jude 1:1
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
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