WCF 2.1 There is but one only(1) living and true God, (2) who is infinite in being and perfection,(3) a most pure spirit,(4) invisible,(5) without body, parts,(6) or passions;(7) immutable,(8) immense,(9) eternal,(10) incomprehensible,(11) almighty,(12) most wise,(13) most holy,(14) most free,(15) most absolute,(16) working all things according to the counsel of His own immutable and most righteous will,(17) for His own glory;(18) most loving,(19) gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin,(20) the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him;(21) and withal, most just, and terrible in His judgments;(22) hating all sin,(23) and who will by no means clear the guilty.(24)
(1) Deut. 6:4; 1 Cor. 8:4,6. (2) 1 Thess. 1:9; Jer. 10:10. (3) Job 11:7,8,9; Job 26:14. (4) John 4:24. (5) 1 Tim. 1:17. (6) Deut. 4:15,16; John 4:24; Luke 24:39. (7) Acts 14:11,15. (8) James 1:17; Mal. 3:6. (9) 1 Kings 8:27; Jer. 23:23,24. (10) Ps. 90:2;1 Tim. 1:17. (11) Ps. 145:3. (12) Gen. 17:1; Rev. 4:8. (13) Rom. 16:27. (14) Isa. 6:3; Rev. 4:8. (15) Ps. 15:3. (16) Exod. 3:14. (17) Eph. 1:11. (18) Prov. 16:4; Rom. 11:36. (19) 1 John 4:8,16. (20) Exod. 34:6,7. (21) Heb. 11:6. (22) Neh. 9:32,33. (23) Ps. 5:5,6. (24) Nah. 1:2,3; Exod. 34:7. (WCF 2:1 WCS) |