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either received from or shown to another], through the Fr. grace).
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And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have gained God's approval.
And the child grew up and became strong and thoughtful, with God's blessing resting on him.
As Jesus grew older he gained in wisdom and won the approval of God and men.
And they all spoke well of him and were astonished at the winning words that fell from his lips, and they said, "Is he not Joseph's son?"
As they could not pay him, he canceled what they owed him. Now which of them will be more attached to him?"
So the Word became flesh and blood and lived for a while among us, abounding in blessing and truth, and we saw the honor God had given him, such honor as an only son receives from his father.
constantly praising God and respected by all the people. And every day the Lord added people who were saved to their number.
The apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and God's favor rested richly upon them.
You, brothers, must pick out from your number seven men of good standing, who are wise and full of the Spirit, and we will put them in charge of this matter,
and rescued him from all his troubles, and enabled him to win favor and to show wisdom when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he appointed him governor of Egypt and of his whole household.
and rescued him from all his troubles, and enabled him to win favor and to show wisdom when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he appointed him governor of Egypt and of his whole household.
He won the approval of God and begged to be allowed to provide a dwelling for the God of Jacob,
When he reached there and saw the favor God had shown them, he was delighted, and encouraged them all to be resolute and steadfast in their devotion to the Lord,
and after the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and the devout converts to Judaism went away with Paul and Barnabas, and they talked with them, and urged them to rely on the favor of God.
In the streets of Lystra a man used to sit who had not the use of his feet. He had been lame from his birth, and had never been able to walk.
Why, we believe that it is by the mercy of the Lord Jesus that we are saved just as they are."
But my life does not matter, if I can only finish my race and do the service intrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of declaring the good news of God's favor.
But my life does not matter, if I can only finish my race and do the service intrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of declaring the good news of God's favor.
Now I commit you to the Lord, and to the message of his favor, which will build you up and give you a place among those whom God has consecrated.
and begged him as a favor to order Paul to come to Jerusalem, plotting to kill him on the way.
and said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before the emperor, and see! God has given you the lives of all the people who are on the ship with you.'
Now we know that everything the Law says is addressed to those under its authority, so that every mouth may be shut, and the whole world be made accountable to God. For no human being can be made upright in the sight of God by observing the Law. All that the Law can do is to make man conscious of sin. read more. But now God's way of uprightness has been disclosed without any reference to law, though the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it. It is God's way of uprightness and comes through having faith in Jesus Christ, and it is for all who have faith, without distinction. For all men sin and come short of the glory of God, but by his mercy they are made upright for nothing, by the deliverance secured through Christ Jesus.
but by his mercy they are made upright for nothing, by the deliverance secured through Christ Jesus. For God showed him publicly dying as a sacrifice of reconciliation to be taken advantage of through faith. This was to vindicate his own justice (for in his forbearance, God passed over men's former sins)??26 to vindicate his justice at the present time, and show that he is upright himself, and that he makes those who have faith in Jesus upright also.
For if he was made upright by what he did, it is something to be proud of. But not to be proud of before God, for what does the Scripture say? "Abraham had faith in God, and it was credited to him as uprightness." read more. Now paying a workman is not considered a favor, but an obligation,
Now paying a workman is not considered a favor, but an obligation, but a man who has no work to offer, but has faith in him who can make the ungodly upright, has his faith credited to him as uprightness. read more. So David himself says of the happiness of those to whom God credits uprightness without any reference to their actions, "Happy are they whose violations of the Law have been forgiven, whose sins are covered up! Happy is the man whose sin the Lord will take no account of!"
For the Law only brings down God's wrath; where there is no law, there is no violation of it.
So as we have been made upright by faith, let us live in peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
So as we have been made upright by faith, let us live in peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have been introduced through faith to the favor of God that we now enjoy, and let us glory in our hope of sharing the glory of God.
by whom we have been introduced through faith to the favor of God that we now enjoy, and let us glory in our hope of sharing the glory of God. More than that, we ought to glory in our troubles, for we know that trouble produces endurance, read more. and endurance, character, and character, hope, and hope will not disappoint us. For, through the holy Spirit that has been given us, God's love has flooded our hearts. For when we were still helpless, at the decisive moment Christ died for us godless men. Why, a man will hardly give his life for an upright person, though perhaps for a really good man some may be brave enough to die. But God proves his love for us by the fact that Christ died for us when we were still sinners. So if we have already been made upright by his death, it is far more certain that through him we shall be saved from God's anger! If, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, it is far more certain that now that we are reconciled we shall be saved through sharing in his life! More than that, we actually glory in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom we owe our reconciliation.
But there is no comparison between God's gift and that offense. For if one man's offense made the mass of mankind die, God's mercy and his gift given through the favor of the one man Jesus Christ have far more powerfully affected mankind.
But there is no comparison between God's gift and that offense. For if one man's offense made the mass of mankind die, God's mercy and his gift given through the favor of the one man Jesus Christ have far more powerfully affected mankind.
For if that one man's offense made death reign through that one man, all the more will those who receive God's overflowing mercy and his gift of uprightness live and reign through the one individual Jesus Christ.
Then law slipped in, and multiplied the offense. But greatly as sin multiplied, God's mercy has far surpassed it,
Then what shall we conclude? Are we to continue to sin to increase the spread of mercy?
What follows, then? Are we to sin, because we live not under law but under mercy? Certainly not!
For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is eternal life through union with Christ Jesus our Lord.
Then what shall we conclude? That the Law is sin? Certainly not! Yet, if it had not been for the Law, I should never have learned what sin was; I should not have known what it was to covet if the Law had not said, "You must not covet."
so that the requirement of the Law might be fully met in our case, since we live not on the physical but on the spiritual plane.
Will not he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all, with that gift give us everything?
For in their ignorance of God's way of uprightness and in the attempt to set up one of their own, they refused to conform to God's way of uprightness.
But if it is by his mercy, it is not for anything they have done. Otherwise, his mercy would not be mercy at all.
Endowments vary, but the Spirit is the same,
For I am the least important of the apostles, and am not fit to be called an apostle, because I once persecuted God's church.
and so you must now turn around and forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by his remorse.
When you forgive a man, I forgive him too. For anything I had to forgive has been forgiven on your account, and as in the very presence of Christ,
You know how gracious the Lord Jesus Christ was. Though he was rich, he became poor for your sake, in order that by his poverty you might become rich.
For what is there in which the other churches had the better of you, except in the fact that I would not permit myself to be a burden to you? You must forgive me that wrong!
The blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the participation in the holy Spirit be with you all.
I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from him who called you by the mercy of Christ, to some different good news??7 not that there is any other, only that there are some people who are trying to unsettle you and want to turn the good news of the Christ around.
We who are Jews by birth, and not sinful heathen, but who know that a man is not made upright by doing what the Law commands, but by faith in Christ Jesus??ven we believed in Christ Jesus, so as to be made upright by faith in Christ and not by doing what the Law commands??or by doing what the Law commands no one can be made upright.
but who know that a man is not made upright by doing what the Law commands, but by faith in Christ Jesus??ven we believed in Christ Jesus, so as to be made upright by faith in Christ and not by doing what the Law commands??or by doing what the Law commands no one can be made upright. If through our efforts to be made upright through Christ, we have ourselves been proved as much "sinners" as the heathen, does that make Christ encourage sin? By no means.
If through our efforts to be made upright through Christ, we have ourselves been proved as much "sinners" as the heathen, does that make Christ encourage sin? By no means. I really convict myself of wrongdoing when I start to rebuild what I tore down.
I really convict myself of wrongdoing when I start to rebuild what I tore down. For it is through the Law that I have become dead to the Law, so that I may live for God.
For it is through the Law that I have become dead to the Law, so that I may live for God. I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me. The life I am now living in the body I am living by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ that lives in me. The life I am now living in the body I am living by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me. I refuse to nullify the mercy of God. For if uprightness could be secured through law, then Christ died for nothing!
If our inheritance rests on the Law, it has nothing to do with the promise. Yet it was as a promise that God bestowed it upon Abraham.
You people who propose to be made upright by law have finished with Christ; you have lost your hold upon God's favor.
For it is by his mercy that you have been saved through faith. It is not by your own action, it is the gift of God.
For it is by his mercy that you have been saved through faith. It is not by your own action, it is the gift of God.
But each one of us has been given mercy in Christ's generous measure.
The man who stole must not steal any more; he must work with his hands at honest toil instead, so as to have something to share with those who are in need.
You must be kind to one another, you must be tender-hearted, and forgive one another just as God through Christ has forgiven you.
For you have been granted the privilege not only of trusting in Christ but of suffering for him.
That is why God has so greatly exalted him, and given him the name above all others,
when in your baptism you were buried with him, and raised to life with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead. Yes, you who were dead through your misdeeds and physically uncircumcised, God raised to life with Christ. He forgave us all our misdeeds,
You married women must subordinate yourselves to your husbands, for that is your duty as Christians.
I am sending him to you for the express purpose of letting you know my circumstances, and of cheering your hearts.
so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you and you in him, by the blessing of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
though I once used to abuse, persecute, and insult him. But he had mercy on me, because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, and the blessing of our Lord has been given me in the greatest abundance, together with faith and love that union with Christ Jesus brings. read more. It is a trustworthy saying, entitled to the fullest acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. And I am the foremost of them, but God had mercy on me in order that in my case as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display his perfect patience, as an example to those who would later believe in him and find eternal life.
and not study Jewish fictions or commands given by men who reject the truth.
But you must teach people the things that properly belong to wholesome teaching.
For God's mercy has appeared and brought salvation to all men,
For God's mercy has appeared and brought salvation to all men, training us to renounce godless ways and worldly passions, and live serious, upright, and godly lives in this world, read more. while we wait for the fulfilment of our blessed hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus. He gave himself for us, to free us from all wickedness and purify for himself a people of his own, eager to do right.
And get ready to entertain me too, for I hope that I shall be restored to you, in answer to your prayers.
Let us, therefore, be thankful that the kingdom given to us cannot be shaken, and so please God by worshiping him with reverence and awe;
For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass, and the flowers wither, and all their beauty is gone. That is the way rich men will fade and die in the midst of their pursuits.
And God, the giver of all mercy, who through your union with Christ has called you to his eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while will himself make you perfect, steadfast, and strong.
speaking of it as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which ignorant, unsteadfast people twist to their own ruin, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures.