The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith Paragraph 11.1

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Those whom God effectually calls, he also freely justifies,⁠¹⁠ not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous;⁠²⁠ not for anything wrought in them, or done by them, but for Christ's sake alone;⁠³⁠ not by imputing faith itself, the act of believing, or any other evangelical obedience to them, as their righteousness; but by imputing Christ's active obedience unto the whole law, and passive obedience in his death for their whole and sole righteousness by faith,⁠⁴⁠ which faith they have not of themselves; it is the gift of God.⁠⁵⁠

expand_more [1] Romans 3:24; 8:30

expand_more [2] Romans 4:5–8; Ephesians 1:7

expand_more [3] 1 Corinthians 1:30–31; Romans 5:17–19

expand_more [4] Philippians 3:8–9; Ephesians 2:8–10

expand_more [5] John 1:12; Romans 5:17

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How does God justify those whom he effectually calls?

Infusing righteousness

Infusing grace

Imputing faith as righteousness

Imputing Christ’s obedience as righteousness

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