Westminster Confession of Faith (modernized) · Chapter 13

Of Sanctification

API: GET /api/v1/documents/wcf1646-modernized/paragraphs/13.2

2. This Sanctification is throughout, in the whole man;^a yet imperfect in this life, there abides still some remnants of corruption in every part:^b whence arises a continual, and irreconcilable war; the flesh lusting against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh.^c

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

a1 Thessalonians 5:23
b1 John 1:10; Romans 7:18; Romans 7:23; Philippians 3:12
cGalatians 5:17; 1 Peter 2:11

Commentary

David Dickson, Truths Victory over Error (1684), on 13.1, 13.2, 13.3

Related texts

Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) 13.2
Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (modernized, 1689) 13.2
Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (modernized, 1658) 13.2

Side by side, with what differs marked: Westminster, Savoy and the 1689, in modern spelling

Cite this

Westminster Confession of Faith (modernized, 1646) 13.2, symbolics.dev/wcf1646-modernized/13.2

Permalink: https://symbolics.dev/wcf1646-modernized/13.2

See a mistake? Report it, with what the printing has.