The believer shall never perish. John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. The believer has everlasting life. John 3:36: He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. The believer is justified. Rom. 5:1: Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: The believer is a child of God. Gal. 3:26: For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. Granting that the following verse means the ordinance of baptism, it does not mean that we literally put Christ on in baptism, but only that being actually children of God by faith we symbolically put Christ on in baptism, i.e., we imitate Him. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Gal. 3:27. The heart is purified by faith. Acts 15:8: And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. The believer is born of God. I John 5:1: Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. {Is born: Gr. has been born} The believer is saved. Eph. 2:8: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: If anything is clearly taught in the Scriptures it is that salvation is by grace through faith, and not by works or ceremonies.50
“ARE SAVED” OR “HAVE BEEN SAVED” IN EPHESIANS 2:8? Greek scholar Daniel Wallace, though critical of the KJV {emphasis mine} in general, acknowledges that the KJV correctly translates this intensive perfect at Ephesians 2:8. He says:
“it should be noted that as many faults as the KJV has, it frequently has a superior rendering of the Greek perfect over many modern translations. (Recall that the KJV was produced during the golden age of English, during Shakespeare’s era.) For example, in Eph 2:8 the KJV reads “for by grace are ye saved,” while many modern translations (e.g., RSV, NASB) have "for by grace you have been saved." The perfect periphrastic construction is most likely intensive, however. The KJV translators, though not having nearly as good a grasp on Greek as modern translators, seem to have had a better grip on English. They apparently recognized that to translate Eph 2:8 with an English perfect would say nothing about the state resulting from the act of being saved” (Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, p. 575). Read more articles from: The King James Version is Demonstrably Inerrant.
THE BIBLE CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY STUDIED ONLY WITH PRAYER. “If thou criest after knowledge and liftest up thy voice for understanding. ” (Proverbs 2:3)
The Psalmist prays that he may behold wondrous things in the Word of God. He says:
THE BAPTIST WAY-BOOK: The Baptist Way PART I ~ The Scriptural Way CHAPTER I ~ Ben M. Bogard Sermons & Lessons, n. p. print. 50