Philadelphia Confession of Faith · Chapter 1

Of the Holy Scriptures

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4. The Authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed, dependeth not upon the testimony of any Man, or Church, but wholy upon God, (who is Truth it self) the Author thereof; therefore it is to be received, because it is the Word of God.^a

Proofs

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a2 Peter 1:19–21; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 John 5:9

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Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 1.4

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