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Luke 23:43
The 2026 edition cites 2 passages containing Luke 23:43, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
Luke 23:39-43
39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 28.8
We reject the teaching that a person cannot be saved without baptism; or that persons are regenerated by baptism.
Luke 23:43
43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
Cited by 7 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 2
- CF 4.2
After God had made all other creatures, He created man, male and female, with reasonable and immortal souls, endued with knowledge, righteousness, and true…
- CF 32.1
The bodies of men, after death, return to dust and see corruption; but their souls (which neither die nor sleep) having an immortal subsistence, immediately…
Testimony of the RPCNA 1
- T 32.4
We reject the teaching that there is a purgatory, where souls must be purified before entering heaven.
Larger Catechism 3
- LC 17
After God had made all other creatures, he created man, male and female; formed the body of the man of the dust of the ground, and the woman of the rib of the…
- LC 82
The communion in glory which the members of the invisible Church have with Christ, is in this life, immediately after death, and at last perfected at the…
- LC 85
The righteous shall be delivered from death itself at the last day, and even in death are delivered from the sting and curse of it; so that, although they die…
Shorter Catechism 1
- SC 37
The souls of believers are, at their death, made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory; and their bodies, being still united to Christ, do…