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#### Confession of Faith
##### Chapter 9: Of Free Will
The will of man is made perfectly and immutably free to good alone, in the state of glory only.[^fnref:wcf1]
[^fnref:wcf1]: <div class="esv"><h5>Ephesians 4:13</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p49004013.01-1">until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,</p> </div><h5>Hebrews 12:23</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p58012023.01-2">and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,</p> </div><h5>1 John 3:2</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p62003002.01-3">Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.</p> </div><h5>Jude 1:24</h5> <div class="esv-text"> <p id="p65001024.02-4">Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>