SilenceInMotion
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None of those verses imply that every believer is a saint. They tell what is fitting of a saint, which 99% of Christians fail at.marksman said:I know it is not the subject of the thread but as you raised it I thought I would investigate scripture as to what it says about saints. From the following verses there is no such thing as a greater or lesser saint or believer All the references to saints were to the everyday people of the fellowship as the ones you call saints did not exist when it was written so what you are saying is an invention of the Catholic Church, not scripture.
Act 9:13 And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many bad things he did to Your saints in Jerusalem.
Act 9:32 And it happened, passing through all, Peter also came down to the saints dwelling in Lydda.
Act 26:10 which I also did in Jerusalem, I also shut up many of the saints in prisons, receiving authority from the chief priests; and they being put to death, I cast a vote.
Rom 1:7 to all those who are in Rome, beloved of God, called-out saints: Grace and peace
to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Rom 12:13 imparting to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.
Rom 15:25 But now I am going to Jerusalem, doing service to the saints.
Rom 16:15 Greet Philologus and Julias, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints with them.
1Co 1:2 to the assembly of God which is in Corinth, those having been sanctified in Christ
Jesus, called-out saints, with all those calling on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
1Co 14:33 For God is not of confusion, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.
2Co 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Timothy the brother, to the assembly of God being in Corinth, with all the saints being in all Achaia,
2Co 13:13 All the saints greet you.
Eph 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints
being in Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus:
Eph 1:15 Because of this, hearing of your faith in the Lord Jesus and love toward all the saints,
Eph 5:3 But let not fornication, and all uncleanness, or greediness, be named among you, as is fitting for saints;
Php 1:1 Paul, and Timothy, slaves of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and ministers:
Matthew 5:19
He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
The Protestant perception is simply wrong. Quite frankly, I find the notion that all believers are saints is extremely arrogant and redundant. Most canonized saints are martyrs. They follow through all the way.