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The righteousness by which we are justified is imputed the righteousness by which we are sanctified is imparted. The first is our title to heaven, the second is our fitness for heaven.

Ellen G. White

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Ellen G. White
Age: 87 †
Born: 1827
Born: November 26
Died: 1915
Died: July 16
Author
Theologian
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Gorham
Maine
Ellen Gould Harmon
Ellen Gould White
Heaven
Imparted
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Sanctified
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Fitness
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Righteousness
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