May their hearts be encouraged! May they learn the meaning of love! May they have all the wealth of conviction that comes from insight! May they learn to know that open secret of God, the Father of Christ,

But the time is coming, it has come already, when the real worshippers will worship the Father in Spirit and in reality; for these are the worshippers that the Father wants.

Jesus said to him, "I am the real and living way: no one comes to the Father except by means of me.

Jesus said, "Cease clinging to me. I have not ascended yet to the Father, but go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and yours, to my God and yours.'"

one God and Father of all, who is over us all, who pervades us all, who is within us all.

With the tongue we bless the Lord and Father, and with the tongue we curse men made in God's likeness;

Made

For he decreed of old that those whom he predestined should share the likeness of his Son ??that he might be the firstborn of a great brotherhood.

What if he means to show the wealth that lies in his glory for the objects of his mercy, whom he has made ready beforehand to receive glory ??24 that is, for us whom he has called from among the Gentiles as well as the Jews?

I am prepared for this change by God, who has given me the Spirit as its pledge and instalment.

who gave himself up for us to redeem us from all iniquity and secure himself a clean people with a zest for good works.

Blessed are those who wash their robes, that theirs may be the right to the tree of Life, the right to enter the gates of the City!

Partakers

Supposing some of the branches have been broken off, while you have been grafted in like a shoot of wild olive to share the rich growth of the olive-stem,

Such was their decision; and yet this is a debt they owe to these people, for if the Gentiles have shared their spiritual blessings, they owe them a debt of aid in material blessings.

And I do it all for the sake of the gospel, to secure my own share in it.

namely, that in Christ Jesus the Gentiles are co-heirs, companions, and co-partners in the Promise.

Holy brothers, you who participate in a heavenly calling, look at Jesus then, at the apostle and high priest of our confession;

Now I make this appeal to your presbyters (for I am a presbyter myself, I was a witness of what Christ suffered and I am to share the glory that will be revealed),

'Born of him!' Think what a love the Father has for us, in letting us be called 'children of God!' That is what we are. The world does not recognize us? That is simply because it did not recognize him.

Inheritance

Then shall the King say to those on his right, 'Come, you whom my Father has blessed, come into your inheritance in the realm prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

And now I entrust you to God and the word of his grace; he is able to upbuild you and give you your inheritance among all the consecrated.

that their eyes may be opened and that they may turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, to get remission of their sins and an inheritance among those who are consecrated by faith in me.'

and if children, heirs as well, heirs of God, heirs along with Christ ??for we share his sufferings in order to share his glory.

whom God the Father has predestined and chosen, by the consecration of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: may grace and peace be multiplied to you.

In

to the assembly of the first-born registered in heaven, to the God of all as judge, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

And the City needs no sun or moon to shine upon it, for the glory of God illumines it, and the Lamb lights it up.

Night there shall be none; they need no lamp or sun to shine upon them, for the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign for ever and ever.