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How do you use Prevenient in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like anticipatory or antecedent, plus the exact meaning.

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Prevenient in a sentence

Prevenient meaning

  1. Relating to prevenience; antecedent; preceding; coming or happening before.
  2. Of grace: preceding repentance or faith and preparing the soul for salvation.

Synonyms of Prevenient

anticipatory antecedent preceding

Related words

Other words often associated with Prevenient or its synonyms:

preexisting precedent ascendent introductory previous anterior subsequent preparatory relative prefatory ascendant foregoing

Using Prevenient

  • The main meaning on this page is: Relating to prevenience; antecedent; preceding; coming or happening before. | Of grace: preceding repentance or faith and preparing the soul for salvation.
  • Useful related words include: anticipatory, antecedent, preceding.
  • In the example corpus, prevenient often appears in combinations such as: prevenient grace, of prevenient.

Context around Prevenient

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 1 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

election 1×

Often after:

grace 7× justifying 1×

Sentence patterns with Prevenient

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

conditional election prevenient grace unlimited 1× doctrine of prevenient grace and 1× god s prevenient justifying and 1× means of prevenient grace 1× often called prevenient or pre 1× prevenient grace according 1× prevenient grace allows 1× prevenient grace was 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

furthermore god s 1× in order for 1× methodists justify infant 1× prevenient grace according 1× prevenient grace allows 1× prevenient grace was 1×

Common sentence endings:

birth to death 1× faith in christ 1× mature not sinlessness 1× of prevenient grace 1× of sincere faith 1× of the elect 1×

Words around Prevenient

Just before it in the word index:

prevel 2 prevedello 2 prevc 2 prevatte 2 prevas 6 prevaricator 2

Just after it in the word index:

prevent 8.813 preventable 253 preventative 276 preventatively 4 preventatives 4 prevented 1.752

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Prevenient

  • In this selection, "prevenient" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, election, grace and justifying stand out and add context to how "prevenient" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include conditional election prevenient grace unlimited and doctrine of prevenient grace and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "prevenient" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with prevenient

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Furthermore, God's prevenient, justifying, and sanctifying grace interact dynamically in the lives of Christians from birth to death. (19 words)

Prevenient grace was the theological underpinning of his belief that all persons were capable of being saved by faith in Christ. (21 words)

Prevenient grace, according to the Calvinist Anglicans, referred to unconditional election and irresistible grace, which is necessary for conversion of the elect. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

Methodists justify infant baptism by this principle of prevenient grace, often arguing that infant baptism is God's promise or declaration to the infant that calls that infant to (eventually) believe in God's promises (God's Word) for salvation. (40 words)

In order for humans to even want to be able to choose, God must empower their will (so that they may choose Christ) which he does by means of prevenient grace. (31 words)

This grace (often called prevenient or pre-regenerating grace) acts on all people to convince them of the Gospel, draw them strongly towards salvation, and enable the possibility of sincere faith. (31 words)

Example sentences (9)

Furthermore, God's prevenient, justifying, and sanctifying grace interact dynamically in the lives of Christians from birth to death.

In order for humans to even want to be able to choose, God must empower their will (so that they may choose Christ) which he does by means of prevenient grace.

Methodists justify infant baptism by this principle of prevenient grace, often arguing that infant baptism is God's promise or declaration to the infant that calls that infant to (eventually) believe in God's promises (God's Word) for salvation.

Prevenient grace, according to the Calvinist Anglicans, referred to unconditional election and irresistible grace, which is necessary for conversion of the elect.

Prevenient grace allows those tainted by sin to nevertheless make a truly free choice to accept or reject God's salvation in Christ.

Prevenient grace was the theological underpinning of his belief that all persons were capable of being saved by faith in Christ.

This grace (often called prevenient or pre-regenerating grace) acts on all people to convince them of the Gospel, draw them strongly towards salvation, and enable the possibility of sincere faith.

Wesley also clarified the doctrine of prevenient grace and preached the ability of Christians to attain to perfection (fully mature, not "sinlessness").

Wesley thoroughly agreed with the vast majority of what Arminius himself taught, maintaining strong doctrines of original sin, total depravity, conditional election, prevenient grace, unlimited atonement, and possibly of apostasy.

Common combinations with prevenient

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "prevenient" in a sentence?
An example: "Furthermore, God's prevenient, justifying, and sanctifying grace interact dynamically in the lives of Christians from birth to death." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "prevenient" from authentic English texts.
What does "prevenient" mean?
Prevenient means: Relating to prevenience; antecedent; preceding; coming or happening before.
What are synonyms of "prevenient"?
Common synonyms of "prevenient" include: anticipatory, antecedent, preceding.
How many example sentences with "prevenient" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "prevenient", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.