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Brethren » Duty to » Abounding
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
Brotherly love must continue.
But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
Brotherly love » Special teachings concerning » Abounding
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
Brotherly love must continue.
But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
spiritual Development » Spiritual growth, encouraged » In love
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,
Duty » To brethren » Abounding
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
Brotherly love must continue.
But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
Grace of God » Growth in
For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.
We pray earnestly night and day to see you in person and make up what may be lacking in your faith.
He has not held fast to the head from whom the whole body, supported and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God.
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day.
But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.
We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion.
And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
Not that I have already attained this -- that is, I have not already been perfected -- but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead, with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. read more.
Therefore let those of us who are "perfect" embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.
Therefore let those of us who are "perfect" embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.
so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects -- bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you, so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Therefore we must progress beyond the elementary instructions about Christ and move on to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God, teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And this is what we intend to do, if God permits.
So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation, if you have experienced the Lord's kindness.
spiritual Growth » Encouraged » In love
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,
Love » Love, brotherly special teachings concerning » Abounding
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
Brotherly love must continue.
But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
Love » Special teachings concerning » Abounding
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
Brotherly love must continue.
But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
Love to man » Saints should » Abound in
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight
Social duties » Brotherly love » Abounding
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
Brotherly love must continue.
But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well.
Spiritual » Encouraged » In love
And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,
And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,