Thursday, July 30, 2009

Wesley's Favorite Texts on Christian Perfection

These as identified by W.E.Sangster in The Path to Perfection: An Examination and Restatement of John Wesley’s Doctrine of Christian Perfection

Ezekiel 36:25, 26, 29
Matthew 5:8, 48 and 6:10
Romans 2:29
Romans 12:1
2 Corinthians 3:17f. And 7:1
Galatians 2:20
Ephesians 3:14-19 and 5:27
Philippians 3:15
I Thessalonians 5:23
Titus 2:11-14
Hebrews 6:1; 7:25; and 10:14
John 8:34ff. and 17:20-23
James 1:4
I John 1:5, 7, 8, 9; 2:6; 3:8-10