Articles of Faith: Of the Righteous and the Wicked

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

Genesis 18:23

23. And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

Proverbs 11:31

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

Proverbs 14:32

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

Malachi 3:18

18. Then shall ye return, and discern 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 strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Matthew 25:34

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

Luke 9:26

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

Luke 16:25

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

John 8:21

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

John 12:25

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

Acts 10:34-35

34. Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35. But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

Romans 1:17

17. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: 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 servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
17. But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
18. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

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

Romans 7:6

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

1 Corinthians 15:22

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

Galatians 3:10

10. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: 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

18. And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

1 John 2:7, 29

7. Brethren, I write no new commandment 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 righteous, 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 wickedness.