{"number":21,"question":"What is true faith?","answer":"True faith is not only a certain knowledge, whereby I hold for truth all that God has revealed to us in his word, but also an assured confidence, which the Holy Ghost works by the Gospel, in my heart; that not only to others, but to me also, remission of sin, everlasting righteousness and salvation, are freely given by God, merely of grace, only for the sake of Christ’s merits.","segments":[{"text":"True faith is not only a certain knowledge,","proofs":["John 6:69","John 17:3","Hebrews 11:3, 6"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 6:69","osis":["John.6.69"]},{"printed":"John 17:3","osis":["John.17.3"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 11:3, 6","osis":["Heb.11.3","Heb.11.6"]}],"note":null},{"text":"whereby I hold for truth all that God has revealed to us in his word, but also an assured confidence,","proofs":["Ephesians 3:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 3:12","osis":["Eph.3.12"]}],"note":null},{"text":"which the Holy Ghost","proofs":["Romans 4:16, 20–21","Hebrews 11:1","Ephesians 3:12","Romans 1:16","1 Corinthians 1:21","Acts 16:14","Matthew 16:17","John 3:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 4:16, 20–21","osis":["Rom.4.16","Rom.4.20-Rom.4.21"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 11:1","osis":["Heb.11.1"]},{"printed":"Ephesians 3:12","osis":["Eph.3.12"]},{"printed":"Romans 1:16","osis":["Rom.1.16"]},{"printed":"1 Corinthians 1:21","osis":["1Cor.1.21"]},{"printed":"Acts 16:14","osis":["Acts.16.14"]},{"printed":"Matthew 16:17","osis":["Matt.16.17"]},{"printed":"John 3:5","osis":["John.3.5"]}],"note":null},{"text":"works by the Gospel,","proofs":["Romans 10:14, 17","Matthew 9:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 10:14, 17","osis":["Rom.10.14","Rom.10.17"]},{"printed":"Matthew 9:2","osis":["Matt.9.2"]}],"note":null},{"text":"in my heart; that not only to others, but to me also,","proofs":["Romans 5:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 5:1","osis":["Rom.5.1"]}],"note":null},{"text":"remission of sin, everlasting righteousness and salvation,","proofs":["Galatians 2:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 2:20","osis":["Gal.2.20"]}],"note":null},{"text":"are freely given by God, merely of grace, only for the sake of Christ’s merits.","proofs":["Romans 3:24–26"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 3:24–26","osis":["Rom.3.24-Rom.3.26"]}],"note":null}],"section":7,"relations":{"aoc1680":["21"]},"diffs":[{"source":"aoc1680","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"True faith","position":null},{"text":"certain","position":null},{"text":"hold for truth","position":null},{"text":"that","position":1},{"text":"to","position":1},{"text":"confidence, which the Holy Ghost works by the Gospel,","position":null},{"text":"only","position":2},{"text":"remission of sin, everlasting righteousness","position":null},{"text":"salvation, are","position":null},{"text":"given by God, merely","position":null},{"text":"grace, only","position":null},{"text":"sake of Christ’s","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}