The Lord Our Righteousness · §16 · John Wesley

To believers, not to unbelievers

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Look through all the world, and all the men in it are either believers or unbelievers. The first thing, then, which admits of no dispute among reasonable men is this. To all believers the righteousness of Christ is imputed. To unbelievers it is not.

1771 text

1. Look thro’ all the world, and all the men therein are either believers or unbelievers. The first thing then which admits of no dispute among reasonable men is this. To all believers the righteousness of Christ is imputed; to unbelievers it is not.

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On Jeremiah 23:6: what the righteousness of Christ is, how it is counted to believers, and a plea for peace among those who argue over the words.

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Sermon 20 in the 1771 Works. Jeremiah 23:6.

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