We are Predestined to Adoption . When is the Adoption ? According to Romans 8 it is not Predestined to be saved its ....
22For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
23And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, WAITING for the ADOPTION, to wit, the redemption of our body.
so if we are only in Him when we believe . This means Ephesians 1 and Romans 8 are not saying...

which would be the primary sources?

“For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Can the...

Both extremes are heresies. By God's grace, this study can be of some help if you deem fit to refer someone to it:
The keys here are:
1) how do you define repentance?
2) what age/dispensation are you quoting?

Let's hear it

BARNABAS. A. D. 70.

BARNABAS in his Epistle has a passage which sets forth the corruption and weakness of the heart of man before the grace of God is implanted, insomuch that it stands in need of being rebuilt, new made, and created again;

it runs thus: “How shall the temple be built in the name of the Lord?

Learn; before we believed in God, the habitation of our heart was phtharton kai asthenes, ‘corrupt and weak,’ as a temple truly built with hands;

because it was a house full of...

Is the book of Job about?

God and man?
Satan and man?

God and Satan?

Who is the pawn in the book?

Who moves the pawn?

I found this article quite informative. While the analysis rates the ESV higher than my view, and the NASB lower than my view, you have got to hand it to the team for clarity and sound analysis.

http://csbible.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Quantitative-Translation-Evaluation-by-GBI.pdf

was it supposed to be the final and best corrected edition of the kjv then?

I think we have done this before but because we have many new members.....

To keep things on the same level - here is T U L I P

I know some will say - "I don't do labels" well, whether you do or not -
you do believe theses items - one way or the other - and if you don't know
as a Christian - you have a responsibility to learn from Scripture what the truth is.

The closer we approach the End of The Book of REVELATION,
the more our attention is directed toThe Final Judgment and the ETERNITY
and The HEREAFTER which lies Beyond The Final Judgment
…
...
To Understand The BOOK of REVELATION, WE MUST SEE
GOD'S "SEVEN VISIONS" that HE REVEALED to JESUS
to SHOW The APOSTLE JOHN.
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GOD'S FIRST "VISION" Revealed in The first section of BOOK of REVELATION
concerns "THE VISION of Christ in the Midst of the Lamp-stands"
( in REVELATION 1:1 - 3:22).
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GOD'S...