Colossians 1:13

Prayer For Maturity Based On Christ's Preeminence

¹² giving thanks to the Father who has made us fit for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light, ¹³ who delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love, ¹⁴ in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins,

Beloved Son

Power of Darkness

Ephesians 6:12

for our conflict is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the potentates of the darkness of this world, against the spiritual [hosts] of evil in the heavenly [worlds].

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among the sanctified by faith in me.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of his glorious grace, which he bestowed upon us in the beloved,

2 Peter 1:11

For thus shall you have an abundant entrance given you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Matthew 3:17

And behold, a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

Luke 22:53

When I was daily with you in the temple you stretched not out your hands upon me but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

2 Corinthians 4:4

in whom the god of this life has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God, may not shine.

Ephesians 4:18

with their understandings darkened, alienated from the life of God on account of the ignorance which is in them, on account of the hardness of their hearts,

Ephesians 5:8

For you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,??9 for the fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,??10 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord,

1 Thessalonians 2:12

and charged you to walk worthily of God who calls you into his kingdom and glory.

Titus 3:3-6

For we formerly were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, detestable, and hating one another;

Hebrews 2:14

Since then the children have partaken of blood and flesh, he in like manner also partook of them, that through death he might destroy him that has the power of death, that is the devil,

1 Peter 2:9

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that you should declare the virtues of him who called you out of darkness into his glorious light;

1 John 2:8

Again, a new commandment I write you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is past and the true light now appears.

1 John 3:8

he that commits sin is of the devil, for the devil sinned from the beginning. For this was the Son of God manifested, to destroy the works of the devil.

1 John 3:14

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers; he that loves not, continues in death.

Matthew 12:29-30

Or how can one enter into the house of a strong man and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house.

Matthew 17:5

While he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold a voice from the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; hear him.

Matthew 25:34

Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

Luke 13:24

Strive to enter in by the narrow gate; for many, I tell you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

John 3:35

The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.

John 5:24

I tell you most truly, he that hears my word and believes him that sent me has eternal life, and comes not into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

John 12:31-32

There is now a judgment of this world; the ruler of this world shall now be cast out;

John 17:24

Father, what thou hast given me, I will that they should be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me; because thou didst love me before the foundation of the world;

Romans 6:17-22

But thanks be to God that you were servants of sin, but obeyed from the heart the form of teaching in which you were instructed,

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Know you not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor sodomites,

1 Corinthians 15:23-25

But each one in his own order; Christ a first fruit, then those who are Christ's at his coming;

2 Corinthians 6:17-18

Go out therefore from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and touch not the impure; and I will receive you,

Ephesians 2:3-10

among whom also we all formerly lived in the desires of our flesh, performing the wishes of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as others;