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Drawn from my larger collection,\u00a0Bible vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d: 100 Proofs<\/a> (8-26-24). All Bible citations are from RSV. Asterisked passages indicate a direct correlation between \u201csanctification\u201d and either justification or salvation (which Protestantism denies is the case).<\/p>\n

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Psalm 7:10<\/strong> . . . God . . . saves the upright in heart.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 32:17<\/strong>\u00a0And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust for ever.<\/p>\n

Zephaniah 2:3\u00a0<\/b>Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who\u00a0do his commands;\u00a0seek\u00a0righteousness, seek\u00a0humility;\u00a0perhaps you may be hidden on the\u00a0day of the wrath of the LORD.<\/p>\n

Matthew 5:20<\/strong>\u00a0For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.<\/p>\n

Matthew 7:19<\/strong> Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.<\/p>\n

Matthew 7:21 <\/strong>Not every one who says to me, \u2018Lord, Lord,\u2019 shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. . . .<\/p>\n

Matthew 19:16-17<\/strong>\u00a0And behold, one came up to him, saying, \u201cTeacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?\u201d [17] And he said to him, \u201c. . . If you would enter life, keep the commandments.\u201d . . .<\/p>\n

Matthew 19:29<\/strong>\u00a0And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name\u2019s sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. (cf. Mk 10:29-30)<\/p>\n

Matthew 25:34-35, 46<\/strong> Then the King will say to those at his right hand, \u2018Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; [35] for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, . . . [46] And they will go away . . . into eternal life.\u2019<\/p>\n

Luke 3:9<\/b> . . . every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. (cf. Mt 3:10; 7:19)<\/p>\n

Luke 18:29-30<\/strong> And he said to them, \u201cTruly, I say to you, there is no man who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, [30] who will not receive manifold more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.\u201d<\/p>\n

John 3:36<\/strong> . . . he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God rests upon him.<\/p>\n

John 4:36<\/strong> He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life . . .<\/p>\n

John 5:29<\/strong> . . . those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.<\/p>\n

John 15:5-6, 8<\/strong> I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. [6] If a man does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire and burned. . . . [8] By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be my disciples.<\/p>\n

Acts 10:35<\/strong> . . . in every nation any one who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.<\/p>\n

*Acts 26:18 <\/strong>. . . those who are sanctified by faith in me.<\/p>\n

Romans 2:6-7<\/strong>\u00a0For he will\u00a0render to every man\u00a0according to his works: [7] to those who by patience in\u00a0well-doing\u00a0seek for glory and honor and immortality,\u00a0he will give eternal life;<\/p>\n

Romans 2:13<\/strong>\u00a0For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.<\/p>\n

*Romans 6:22<\/strong>\u00a0But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the return you get is sanctification and its end, eternal life.<\/p>\n

Romans 8:17<\/strong> . . . heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.<\/p>\n

Galatians 5:19-21<\/strong> Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, [20] idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, [21] envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.<\/p>\n

Philippians 2:12, 16<\/strong> . . . work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; . . . [16] holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.<\/p>\n

2 Thessalonians 1:8<\/strong> inflicting vengeance upon . . . those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. . . .<\/p>\n

*2 Thessalonians 2:13<\/strong> . . . God chose you from the beginning to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.<\/p>\n

1 Timothy 2:15<\/strong>\u00a0Yet woman will be saved through bearing children, if she continues in faith and love and holiness, with modesty.<\/p>\n

1 Timothy 4:8<\/strong>\u00a0. . . godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. . . .<\/p>\n

1 Timothy 4:15-16 <\/strong>Practice these duties, devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress. [16] Take heed to yourself and to your teaching; hold to that, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.<\/p>\n

1 Timothy 6:18-19<\/strong> They are to do good, to be rich in good deeds, liberal and generous, [19] thus laying up for themselves a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of the life which is life indeed.<\/p>\n

Hebrews 5:9<\/strong>\u00a0and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,<\/p>\n

Hebrews 6:10-12<\/strong> For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do. [11] And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness in realizing the full assurance of hope until the end, [12] so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.<\/p>\n

James 2:22, 24, 26<\/strong> You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by works, . . . [24] You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. . . . [26] . . . faith apart from works is dead.<\/p>\n

1 Peter 4:13\u00a0<\/b>But rejoice in so far as you\u00a0share Christ\u2019s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.<\/p>\n

Revelation 20:12-13<\/strong>\u00a0. . . And the dead were\u00a0judged\u00a0by what was written in the books,\u00a0by what they had done. [13] . . . and\u00a0all were judged by what they had done.<\/p>\n

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Summary<\/em>: I collect 34 biblical passages, all showing that works play a role in salvation, alongside grace and faith, and that sanctification is not categorically separate from justification.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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