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#### Confession of Faith
##### Chapter 11: Of Justification
God doth continue to forgive the sins of those that are justified;[^fnref:wcf1] and, although they can never fall from the state of justification,[^fnref:wcf2] yet they may, by their sins, fall under God's fatherly displeasure, and not have the light of his countenance restored unto them, until they humble themselves, confess their sins, beg pardon, and renew their faith and repentance.[^fnref:wcf3]
[^fnref:wcf1]: <div class="esv"><h5>Matthew 6:12</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p40006012.01-1"><span class="woc">and forgive us our debts,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>as we also have forgiven our debtors.</span></p> </div> </div><h5>1 John 1:7</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p62001007.01-2">But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.</p> </div><h5>1 John 1:9</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p62001009.01-3">If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.</p> </div><h5>1 John 2:1-2</h5> <div class="esv-text"> <p id="p62002001.04-4"><span class="chapter-num" id="v62002001-4">2:1 </span>My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wcf2]: <div class="esv"><h5>Luke 22:32</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p42022032.01-1"><span class="woc">but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”</span></p> </div><h5>John 10:28</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43010028.01-2"><span class="woc">I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.</span></p> </div><h5>Hebrews 10:14</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p58010014.01-3">For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wcf3]: <div class="esv"><h5>Psalm 89:31-33</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19089031.01-1">if they violate my statutes<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and do not keep my commandments,<br /> then I will punish their transgression with the rod<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and their iniquity with stripes,<br /> but I will not remove from him my steadfast love<br /> <span class="indent"></span>or be false to my faithfulness.</p> </div> </div><h5>Psalm 51:7-12</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19051007.01-2">Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<br /> Let me hear joy and gladness;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>let the bones that you have broken rejoice.<br /> Hide your face from my sins,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and blot out all my iniquities.<br /> Create in me a clean heart, O God,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and renew a right spirit within me.<br /> Cast me not away from your presence,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and take not your Holy Spirit from me.<br /> Restore to me the joy of your salvation,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and uphold me with a willing spirit.</p> </div> </div><h5>Psalm 32:5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p19032005.01-3">I acknowledged my sin to you,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and I did not cover my iniquity;<br /> I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>,”<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. <span class="selah">Selah</span></p> </div> </div><h5>Matthew 26:75</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40026075.01-4">And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, <span class="woc">“Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”</span> And he went out and wept bitterly.</p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 11:30</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p46011030.01-5">That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.</p> </div><h5>1 Corinthians 11:32</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p46011032.01-6">But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.</p> </div><h5>Luke 1:20</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p42001020.01-7">And behold, you will be silent and unable to speak until the day that these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.” (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>