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pagetitle: Of the assurance of grace and salvation, part 1
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#### Confession of Faith
##### Chapter 18: Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
Although hypocrites and other unregenerate men may vainly deceive themselves with false hopes and carnal presumptions of being in the favor of God, and estate of salvation[^fnref:wcf1] (which hope of theirs shall perish):[^fnref:wcf2] yet such as truly believe in the Lord Jesus, and love him in sincerity, endeavoring to walk in all good conscience before him, may, in this life, be certainly assured that they are in the state of grace,[^fnref:wcf3] and may rejoice in the hope of the glory of God, which hope shall never make them ashamed.[^fnref:wcf4]
[^fnref:wcf1]: <div class="esv"><h5>Job 8:13-14</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p18008013.01-1">Such are the paths of all who forget God;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>the hope of the godless shall perish.<br /> His confidence is severed,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>and his trust is a spider's web.</p> </div> </div><h5>Micah 3:11</h5> <div class="esv-text"><div class="block-indent"> <p class="line-group" id="p33003011.01-2">Its heads give judgment for a bribe;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>its priests teach for a price;<br /> <span class="indent"></span>its prophets practice divination for money;<br /> yet they lean on the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> and say,<br /> <span class="indent"></span>“Is not the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> in the midst of us?<br /> <span class="indent"></span>No disaster shall come upon us.”</p> </div> </div><h5>Deuteronomy 29:19</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p05029019.01-3">one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.</p> </div><h5>John 8:41</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p43008041.01-4"><span class="woc">You are doing the works your father did.”</span> They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father—even God.” (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wcf2]: <div class="esv"><h5>Matthew 7:22-23</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p40007022.01-1"><span class="woc">On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’</span> <span class="woc">And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’</span> (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wcf3]: <div class="esv"><h5>1 John 2:3</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p62002003.01-1">And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.</p> </div><h5>1 John 3:14</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p62003014.01-2">We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.</p> </div><h5>1 John 3:18-19</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p62003018.01-3">Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.</p> <p id="p62003019.01-3">By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure our heart before him;</p> </div><h5>1 John 3:21</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p62003021.01-4">Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God;</p> </div><h5>1 John 3:24</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p62003024.01-5">Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.</p> </div><h5>1 John 5:13</h5> <div class="esv-text"> <p id="p62005013.05-6">I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>
[^fnref:wcf4]: <div class="esv"><h5>Romans 5:2</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45005002.01-1">Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.</p> </div><h5>Romans 5:5</h5> <div class="esv-text"><p id="p45005005.01-2">and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (<a href="http://www.esv.org" class="copyright">ESV</a>)</p> </div> </div>