Soteriology Proof Texts
First let it be said that I dislike the phrase: “proof texts,” but it is being used to illustrate Biblically the Reformed Theology. I think the Bible, from cover-to-cover, speaks of God’s divine providence; but for the sake of argument I have compiled the following list with help from Leroy H., Tulipedia, and Sovereign Grace Baptist Church (Jacksonville, NC).
I don’t maintain that this is an exhaustive list, it is a continual work in progress. This is my attempt to compile a list for a complete systematic view on the doctrine.
I also decided to add Arminian proof texts; these were compiled with the help of Studying The Word of God Christian Bible Studies and “The Cause of God and Truth” by John Gill (I had to go to a Calvinist to find Arminian texts!).
Calvinism
Depravity
Genesis 6:5, 6:11–12, 8:21
Deuteronomy 29:2–4
1 Kings 8:46
2 Chronicles 36:15–16
Job 14:4, 15:14–16
Psalms 2:2–3,5:9,14:1–3,50:16–17,51:5,58:3,143:2
Proverbs 5:22, 14:12, 20:9, 30:12
Ecclesiastes 7:20–29, 9:3
Ezekiel 11:19–20, 16:6, 36:26–27
Isaiah 1:2–8, 29:16, 40:6–8, 44:18–28, 48:8, 53:6, 64:6–7
Jeremiah 4:22, 9:5, 13:23, 17:1–9
Matthew 6:24, 7:18, 7:23–24, 10:20, 12:34–35, 15:13–19
Mark 10:26–27
Luke 8:11–12
John 1:13, 3:3,6–8, 3:19–20, 3:27, 4:14, 5:24, 6:37–51, 6:65, 8:19, 8:43–47, 10:28–30, 11:25, 15:5, 17:24
Romans 1:18–32, 3:9–24, 4:8, 5:12, 6:16–22, 7:14–18, 8:5–8, 8:28–39, 9:8, 9:20, 11:8, 11:32, 14:4
1 Corinthians 1:18, 2:14, 3:20–21, 10:13, 15:21–22
2 Corinthians 1:9, 2:14, 4:8–9, 4:14, 9:8
Galatians 3:22
Ephesians 2:1–4, 2:12, 4:17–19
Colossians 1:21, 2:13
Philippians 1:6, 2:13
2 Thessalonians 2:9–12
Titus 1:15
Hebrews 11:6
James 1:14–17, 4:17
2 Timothy 4:3–4
2 Peter 2:13–19
1 John 1:8, 2:16
Election
Genesis 18:17–19
Deuteronomy 4:35–38, 7:6–8, 10:14–15, 14:2, 18:4–5
1 Chronicles 28:4
Psalms 33:12, 65:4, 78:67–71, 100:3, 105:6, 135:4
Ezekiel 16:16
Isaiah 40:23, 41:8, 44:1–2, 45:4, 65:9
Jeremiah 1:5, 17:9, 27:5, 31:35–36
Matthew 11:25–27, 20:15, 22:14, 24:24, 24:31, 7:21–23, 13:20
Mark 13:20
Luke 6:45, 18:7,
John 1:4–5, 5:21, 6:37, 6:65, 8:43–44, 10:11–27, 13:18, 15:16, 15:19, 17:9
Acts 9:15, 13:48, 16:14, 22:14, 10:41
Romans 7:5, 8:29–8:33, 9:11–13, 9:23, 11:5–7, 11:28, 13:1, 16:13
1 Corinthians 1:26–27
Galatians 5:17
Ephesians 1:3–14, 2:4–10
1 Thessalonians 1:4
2 Thessalonians 2:13–14
2 Timothy 1:8–11, 2:10, 5:21
Titus 1:1
James 2:5
1 Peter 1:1–5, 1:20, 2:4–10
2 Peter 1:10
2 John 1:13
Revelation 13:8, 17:8
Atonement
Exodus 7:3, 9:16
Deuteronomy 29:4
Joshua 11:20
1 Sam. 15:3
1 Kings 20:42
Job 12:24–25, 21:30
Proverbs 16:4, 31:8
Isaiah 6:9–10, 41:9, 44:21–24, 45:9, 53:8–12
Daniel 9:24
Habakkuk 1:12
Matthew 11:25, 13:13–15, 20:28
Luke 4:25–29
John 9:39, 10:11–15, 10:26, 11:51–52, 12:39–40, 17:2
Acts 4:27–28
Romans 5:11, 5:15, 8:33–34, 9:18, 9:21–22
2 Corinthians 3:13–15, 4:3–4, 5:21
Ephesians 5:25
1 Thessalonians 5:9
Hebrews 2:10, 2:14–15, 9:12, 9:28
James 1:18
1 Peter 2:8, 2:21
2 Peter 2:12
Jude 1:4
Grace
Deuteronomy 30:6
Daniel 4:35
Psalms 65:4, 110:3
Isaiah 43:1, 43:7
Jeremiah 32:40
Ezekiel 11:19, 16:16, 36:27
Matthew 16:17
Luke 1:17
John 6:37–40, 6:44–45, 6:63, 8:36, 8:42, 10:16, 17:6
Acts 2:39, 11:18, 13:2, 16:14
Romans 1:6, 8:30, 9:6, 9:17, 9:24, 10:20, 11:29
1 Corinthians 1:9, 1:24, 1:26
Galatians 1:15–16
Ephesians 1:18–20, 2:1–5, 2:8–10
Philippians 1:29
Colossians 1:27, 2:12
2 Thessalonians 1:11,
1 Timothy 6:12
Hebrews 3:1, 9:15, 12:2
1 Peter 5:10
2 Peter 1:3
Jude 1:24–25
Revelation 17:14
Perseverance
1 Samuel 12:22
Job 14:4, 17:9, 23:14
Psalms 1:3, 23, 48:14, 79:11, 89:26–28, 92:12, 125:1, 138:8
Proverbs 8:22–23, 21:1
Ecclesiastes 3:14
Isaiah 8:18, 14:24–27, 42:1–4, 43:13–21, 45:7, 46:4, 46:10, 51:22, 54:10
Jeremiah 32:40
Ezekiel 11:19–20, 33:13
Malachi 3:6
Matthew 20:23, 25:24–30
Mark 13:13
Luke 9:35, 12:45–46, 13:6–9
John 6, 10:9–28, 14:1–4, 17:12
Acts 17:26, 17:31, 18:10, 22:10
Romans 4:16, 5:1–11, 8:13, 8:28–8:32, 9:23
1 Corinthians 1:7–9, 10:13, 15:1–2
Galatians 4:28, 6:7–8
Ephesians 1:13–14, 2:10, 3:11, 4:30
Philippians 1:6
Colossians 1:12, 3:12
1 Thessalonians 3:3, 5:23
Philemon 1:29
2 Timothy 1:12, 2:1–13, 4:18
Hebrews 1:3, 2:13, 3:5–15, 6:17, 9:11–15, 10:14–39, 13:20–21
1 Peter 1:3–19, 5:8–10
1 John 2:18–20, 3:6, 5:4–13
Revelation 3:5, 13:8, 17:8, 20:12–15, 21:27
Arminianism
Depravity
Genesis 6:3
Deuteronomy 8:2, 30:19, 32:29
Isaiah 1:16–17, 5:4, 30:15, 55:1
Mark 16:15
John 1:6–12, 3:16–21, 6:51, 7:17, 7:37, 12:26
Acts 17:30
Romans 1:18–32, 2:11–15, 10:9–13
Ephesians 2:8
2 Timothy 2:20–21
Hebrews 11:6
Revelation 22:17
Election
Genesis 4:7
Deuteronomy 30:19
Isaiah 1:18–19, 45:7–10, 55:6–7
Jeremiah 4:4
Ezekiel 18:23–24, 18:30–32, 33:11
Matthew 23:37, 25:41
Mark 16:15
Luke 13:34
John 1:6–12, 3:16–21, 6:44, 6:70–71, 7:17, 7:37, 12:32, 15:16
Acts 1:24, 3:19, 17:30–31
Romans 1:18–32, 2:1–11, 8:7–8, 8:19–22, 8:27–30, 9:17–18, 9:20–22, 11:1–2, 11:28–33
Ephesians 2:1, 2:8
1 Timothy 2:1–6
2 Timothy 2:20–21
Titus 2:11
Hebrews 3:14–15, 4:7, 11:6
James 4:7
1 Peter 1:1–2
2 Peter 1:10, 3:8–9, 3:15–17
Jude 1:4
Revelation 3:20, 22:17
Atonement
Psalm 145:9
Ezekiel 18:30, 24:13
Matthew 25:14–30
Mark 16:15
Luke 19:41–42
John 1:6–12, 1:29, 3:16–17, 6:33, 6:44, 6:51, 12:26, 12:32
Acts 17:30
Romans 3:12, 5:18, 10:9–13, 11:32, 14:15
2 Corinthians 5:14–15, 5:19
1 Timothy 2:1–6, 4:10
Titus 2:11
Hebrews 2:9
2 Peter 3:9, 15–17
1 John 2:2, 4:14
Grace
Deuteronomy 30:19
Psalm 81:13–14
Proverbs 1:22–30
Isaiah 45:7–9
Matthew 23:37, 24:9–13
Mark 4:16
Luke 8:13, 5:34, 13:34
John 5:40, 6:70–71
Acts 7:51, 9:5, 17:30, 26:14
Romans 1:18–32, 2:1–11
1 Corinthians 10:12
Ephesians 2:8, 4:30
1 Timothy 6:10
Titus 2:11–12
Hebrews 3:14–15, 4:7, 12:15
James 4:7, 5:19–20
2 Peter 1:10, 3:9–17
Jude 1:4
Perseverance
Psalm 125:3
Matthew 5:13, 13:20–21, 24:9–13
Mark 4:16
Luke 8:13
John 6:70–71, 15:1–7
Romans 11:17–22
1 Corinthians 8:11, 9:27, 15:1–2
2 Corinthians 6:1–2, 11:2–3
Philippians 2:12
Colossians 1:21–23
2 Thessalonians 2:1–3
1 Timothy 1:19–20, 4:1, 6:10
2 Timothy 2:10, 2:16–18
Hebrews 2:1–3, 3:2–15
Hebrews 6:4–8, 10:23–29, 10:38, 12:15
James 5:19–20
2 Peter 1:10, 2:1, 2:20–22, 3:9, 3:15–17
Jude 1:21