Orthodoxy is right belief,
faithful to the faith once for all delivered.
Contend for the faith
that was once for all delivered to the saints.
Follow the pattern of the sound words.
Right belief is not the same as a full system.
Orthodoxy means right belief, right worship in the older sense of the word. Jude says contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saints. Paul says follow the pattern of the sound words. The core is the gospel: Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised. The Trinity and the hypostatic union are the church’s guards around who God is and who Christ is. A millennium view or a grace system can be discussed inside orthodoxy. It is not the faith once delivered.
Contend for the faith once delivered. Follow the sound words. Do not inflate orthodoxy until it includes every debate.
Contend for the faith once for all delivered to the saints.
Follow the pattern of the sound words.
Christ died for our sins and was raised.
Right belief is that faith, not every system.
Contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.
Follow the pattern of the sound words.
Christ died for our sins, was buried, and was raised.
Orthodoxy is that faith. A debate about the thousand years, or about how grace meets the will, is not the faith once delivered. Contend for the faith. Do not add tests He did not give.
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