Of the Righteous and the Wicked

Articles of Faith: Of the Righteous and the Wicked

We believe that there is a and difference between the righteous and the wicked; that such only as through faith are in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God, are truly righteous in His ; while all such as continue in and are in His sight wicked, and under the , and this distinction holds among men both in and after , in the felicity of the saved and the conscious suffering of the lost.

Genesis 18:23

And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the with the ?

Proverbs 11:31

Behold, the shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the .

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is driven away in his : but the righteous hath in his death.

Malachi 3:18

Then shall ye return, and between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

Matthew 7:13-14

13. Enter ye in at the gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to , and many there be which go in thereat:

14. Because strait is the gate, and is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Matthew 25:34

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, the kingdom prepared for you from the of the world:

Luke 9:26

For whosoever shall be of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own , and in his Father's, and of the holy .

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is , and thou art .

John 8:21

Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your : whither I go, ye cannot come.

John 12:25

He that loveth his shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life .

Acts 10:34-35

34. Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no of persons:

35. But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh , is accepted with him.

Romans 1:17

For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from : as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Romans 6:16-18, 23

16. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of unto righteousness?

17. But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the that form of which was delivered you.

18. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of .

23. For the of sin is death; but the gift of God is through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 7:6

But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in of spirit, and not in the oldness of the .

1 Corinthians 15:22

For as in all die, even so in shall all be made alive.

Galatians 3:10

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the : for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

1 Peter 4:18

And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the and the appear?

1 John 2:7, 29

7. Brethren, I write no new unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.

29. If ye know that he is , ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

1 John 5:19

19. And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in .

Of the Righteous and the Wicked

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