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Bowing » Why you should bow down to God the father
for this cause I bow my knees unto the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth are denominated his children: that by his immense power he would strengthen the faculties of your minds by his spirit:
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"that the Gentiles should be heirs as well as the Jews, make one body together, and partake of the divine promise in Christ by the gospel."
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Being one body, acted by one spirit, since you all have but one expectation in view; there is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all.
and now I shall be no more in the world, but they will be in the world, when I am come to thee. holy father keep them by that authority, with which thou hast invested me, that they may be one, as we are.
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may the peace of Christ, to which you are called to be but one body, influence your hearts, to be benevolent.
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for the bread being one, as many as we are, we are one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
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there is now no distinction of Jew or Greek, of bond or free, of male or female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
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other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring; they will hear my voice; and so there shall be but one fold, and one pastor.
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that they all may be one, as thou, father, art in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. and the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them: that they may be one, even as we are one. I in them, and thou in me, that they may have a perfect union, and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
for as there are many members in one and the same body, but all the members have not the same office: so we who are many, make all but one body in Christ, and every member subservient to one another.
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and there are different offices, but the same Lord.
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For as the body is one, tho' it has many members, and all the members of that one body, tho' many, are one body: so also is the body of Christ. for by one spirit we have all been baptized, to be form'd into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free; and have been all made to drink of one spirit. the body is not one member, but many. read more.
if the foot should say, "because I am not the hand, I am not of the body;" is it therefore not of the body? and if the ear should say, "because I am not the eye, I am not of the body;" is it therefore not of the body? if the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? if the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? now God disposed every one of the members in the body as he thought fit. but if they were all one member, where would be the body? thus, tho' there are many members, yet there is but one body. and the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of thee:" nor again, the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." nay, those parts of the body, which seem to be of the least account, are much more necessary. what we think to be less honourable, is loaded with additional ornaments, and the less graceful have adventitious finery, of which the graceful have no need: but God has contrived the symmetry of the body, by bestowing an additional advantage where it seem'd to want it. that there might be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same mutual concern for one another. so that if one member suffer, they all suffer with it: or if one be honoured, they partake of it. Thus you are the body of Christ, being the particular members of it.
if the foot should say, "because I am not the hand, I am not of the body;" is it therefore not of the body? and if the ear should say, "because I am not the eye, I am not of the body;" is it therefore not of the body? if the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? if the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? now God disposed every one of the members in the body as he thought fit. but if they were all one member, where would be the body? thus, tho' there are many members, yet there is but one body. and the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of thee:" nor again, the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." nay, those parts of the body, which seem to be of the least account, are much more necessary. what we think to be less honourable, is loaded with additional ornaments, and the less graceful have adventitious finery, of which the graceful have no need: but God has contrived the symmetry of the body, by bestowing an additional advantage where it seem'd to want it. that there might be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same mutual concern for one another. so that if one member suffer, they all suffer with it: or if one be honoured, they partake of it. Thus you are the body of Christ, being the particular members of it.
for you are all the sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus. for as many of you as have been baptized into christianity, have been invested as christians. there is now no distinction of Jew or Greek, of bond or free, of male or female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
when the full time of the dispensation was come, to reduce all things both in heaven and on earth, under one head in Christ.
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for he is our peace-maker, who hath united both Jew and Gentile, and hath by his flesh broken down the middle wall of partition (which kept us at variance) by abolishing the dogmatical injunctions of the law, that having made the peace, he might incorporate the two into one new body under himself; that he might reconcile both in one body unto God by the cross, wherefore he destroyed the enmity that was between them: read more.
and being come, he preached the glad tidings of peace to YOU who were afar off, and to US that were nigh. for thro' him both of us have access by the same spirit to the father. Therefore now, you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and domesticks of God's family,
and being come, he preached the glad tidings of peace to YOU who were afar off, and to US that were nigh. for thro' him both of us have access by the same spirit to the father. Therefore now, you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and domesticks of God's family,
on which the whole structure rises with symmetry into a temple, consecrated by the Lord:
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from whom the whole family in heaven and earth are denominated his children:
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thus fitly qualifying his servants for their respective offices, in order to build up the body of Christ: till being united in a perfect belief, and acknowledgment of the son of God, we grow up to that full state of maturity required by Christ:
from which the whole body fitly framed, and compacted by the entire adherence and contribution of every part performing its respective function, increases and improves itself by the mutual concern of the parts.
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Wherefore leave off the practice of lying, and let every man speak truth to his neighbour: for we are all members of one society.
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by which there is now neither Greek, or Jew; circumcised, or uncircumcised; Barbarian, or Scythian; slave, or freeman; but Christ is all, and in all.
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so we who are many, make all but one body in Christ, and every member subservient to one another.
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For as the body is one, tho' it has many members, and all the members of that one body, tho' many, are one body: so also is the body of Christ.
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Being one body, acted by one spirit, since you all have but one expectation in view;
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Church » Its spiritual relationships » Saints in heaven and earth united in
from whom the whole family in heaven and earth are denominated his children:
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Church » Family in heaven and earth
from whom the whole family in heaven and earth are denominated his children:
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Family » Its spiritual relationships » Saints in heaven and earth united in
from whom the whole family in heaven and earth are denominated his children:
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Names » Of the church » Family in heaven
from whom the whole family in heaven and earth are denominated his children:
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I continually give thanks upon your account, making mention of you in my prayers;
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and I never pray without praying for you all with joy, for your liberality to the gospel,
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for this cause I bow my knees unto the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth are denominated his children: that by his immense power he would strengthen the faculties of your minds by his spirit: read more.
so that your souls may be possess'd with faith in Christ. Be ye rooted and grounded in social virtue, that you may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height of this mystery: and be sensible of his exceeding love, in giving you the knowledge of Christ, that you may be filled with all the supplies of divine bounty.
so that your souls may be possess'd with faith in Christ. Be ye rooted and grounded in social virtue, that you may be able to comprehend with all saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height of this mystery: and be sensible of his exceeding love, in giving you the knowledge of Christ, that you may be filled with all the supplies of divine bounty.
spiritual Relationships » Saints in heaven and earth united in
from whom the whole family in heaven and earth are denominated his children:
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Spiritual » Relationships the church, its spiritual relationships » Saints in heaven and earth united in
from whom the whole family in heaven and earth are denominated his children:
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Spiritual » Kinship, family of God its spiritual relationships » Saints in heaven and earth united in
from whom the whole family in heaven and earth are denominated his children:
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Titles and names of the church » Family in heaven and earth
from whom the whole family in heaven and earth are denominated his children:
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Types of Christ » Abraham
from whom the whole family in heaven and earth are denominated his children:
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