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[and He did this] so that in the ages to come He might [clearly] show the immeasurable and unsurpassed riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus [by providing for our redemption]. Verse ConceptsMidlife CrisisAge To ComeGenerosity, God'sGod's attitude towards peopleHistoryKindnessRiches, SpiritualUnkindnessGrace, Description OfLoving Kindness Of GodRiches Of GraceThe Future AgeThe Grace Of GodMercy And Grace


whom He poured out richly upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior, Verse ConceptsGenerosity, God'sPouringChrist, Names ForSheddingRiches Of GraceWork Ethic

And what if He has done so to make known the riches of His glory to the objects of His mercy, which He has prepared beforehand for glory, Verse ConceptsElection, Results InPredestined PeopleGloryRiches Of GraceGod Will Show MercyMercy And Grace



and are being justified [declared free of the guilt of sin, made acceptable to God, and granted eternal life] as a gift by His [precious, undeserved] grace, through the redemption [the payment for our sin] which is [provided] in Christ Jesus, Verse ConceptsSalvationAccepting ChristGenerosity, God'sAssurance, nature ofBlood Of Christ, Basis OfTypesGod, Grace OfGrace, The Source OfJustification Under The GospelSaving GraceJustified By GraceGraceRedemptionMercy And Gracepotential

But we believe that we are saved through the [precious, undeserved] grace of the Lord Jesus [which makes us free of the guilt of sin and grants us eternal life], in just the same way as they are.” Verse ConceptsLegalismEquality In SalvationSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfGrace, The Source OfSaving GraceThe Grace Of ChristGod's GraceBeing Saved

even when we were [spiritually] dead and separated from Him because of our sins, He made us [spiritually] alive together with Christ (for by His grace—His undeserved favor and mercy—you have been saved from God’s judgment). Verse ConceptsGrace, The Source OfSaving GraceLife With ChristSpiritually DeadJustified By GraceThe Gospel Of SalvationGraceCauses of failure inBeing Saved

But the free gift [of God] is not like the trespass [because the gift of grace overwhelms the fall of man]. For if many died by one man’s trespass [Adam’s sin], much more [abundantly] did God’s grace and the gift [that comes] by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow to [benefit] the many. Verse ConceptsAdam and Jesus ChristGod's attitude towards peopleParticipation, In ChristAbounding, Good ThingsGrace, Description OfSalvation, As A GiftSaving GraceGrowth In GraceMany Seeking SalvationSin Producing DeathNot Like ThingsOnly One PersonSin Produces DeathThe Grace Of ChristThe Grace Of GodGod's Grace

But if it is by grace [God’s unmerited favor], it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace [it would not be a gift but a reward for works]. Verse ConceptsJustification Under The GospelSalvation Not By WorksSaving GraceSalvation, Boasting ImpossibleJustified By GraceWorks Of The LawGrace Verse LawGod's GraceDebt


so that we would be justified [made free of the guilt of sin] by His [compassionate, undeserved] grace, and that we would be [acknowledged as acceptable to Him and] made heirs of eternal life [actually experiencing it] according to our hope (His guarantee). Verse ConceptsGod, Fatherhood OfAdoption, descriptions ofHope Object OfHeaven, Inheritance OfHeirsHope, As ConfidenceHope, Results OfInheritance, SpiritualJustification, Results OfGrace, The Source OfJustification Under The GospelSaving GraceJustified By GraceHope And FaithMercy And GraceeternityexpectationsAdoption Entitles To An InheritanceChristians Are Called Heirs


We continue to pray night and day most earnestly that we may see you face to face, and may complete whatever may be imperfect and lacking in your faith. Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightFaith, Growth InCareCare, HumanNightNurturePrayerfulnessPrayer, Offered WithUnceasingPeople ProvidingAlways PrayingI Pray For YouThose Who Had FaithFaith Kjv




But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day.
Verse ConceptsDawnGod's WaysLife, Of FaithProgressSpiritual VitalitySpiritual ProgressPaths Of BelieversPromised LightThe SunAurasGrowth In GraceLight Of God's PeopleDaystarEarly RisingLightPaths Of LifeHaving A Good DayA New DayPathsSunshine

We ought always and indeed are morally obligated [as those in debt] to give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, as is fitting, because your faith is growing ever greater, and the [unselfish] love of each one of you toward one another is continually increasing. Verse ConceptsFaith, Growth InCommitment, to God's peopleDevelopmentGrowthMaturity, SpiritualNurturePrayer, As Praise And ThanksgivingProgressSpiritual VitalityThanksgiving, OfferedSpiritual GrowthAgape LoveGrowth In GraceLove Exists Between PeopleThanking God For PeopleLove GrowingGrowingBrothers Love


They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power];
Each of them appears before God in Zion.
Verse ConceptsSpiritual VitalitySpiritual ProgressStrengthStaying StrongGrowingstrenghzion

And this I pray: that your love may abound yet more and more and extend to its fullest development in knowledge and all keen insight [that your love may display itself in greater depth of acquaintance and more comprehensive discernment], So that you may surely learn to sense what is vital, and approve and prize what is excellent and of real value [recognizing the highest and the best, and distinguishing the moral differences], and that you may be untainted and pure and unerring and blameless [so that with hearts sincere and certain and unsullied, you may approach] the day of Christ [not stumbling nor causing others to stumble]. May you abound in and be filled with the fruits of righteousness (of right standing with God and right doing) which come through Jesus Christ (the Anointed One), to the honor and praise of God [ that His glory may be both manifested and recognized].

Not that I have now attained [this ideal], or have already been made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of (grasp) and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus (the Messiah) has laid hold of me and made me His own. I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward. read more.
So let those [of us] who are spiritually mature and full-grown have this mind and hold these convictions; and if in any respect you have a different attitude of mind, God will make that clear to you also.

That you may walk (live and conduct yourselves) in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God [with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance, and recognition]. [We pray] that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy,

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And may the Lord make you to increase and excel and overflow in love for one another and for all people, just as we also do for you, So that He may strengthen and confirm and establish your hearts faultlessly pure and unblamable in holiness in the sight of our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) with all His saints (the holy and glorified people of God)! Amen, (so be it)!

Therefore let us go on and get past the elementary stage in the teachings and doctrine of Christ (the Messiah), advancing steadily toward the completeness and perfection that belong to spiritual maturity. Let us not again be laying the foundation of repentance and abandonment of dead works (dead formalism) and of the faith [by which you turned] to God, With teachings about purifying, the laying on of hands, the resurrection from the dead, and eternal judgment and punishment. [These are all matters of which you should have been fully aware long, long ago.] If indeed God permits, we will [now] proceed [to advanced teaching].

So be done with every trace of wickedness (depravity, malignity) and all deceit and insincerity (pretense, hypocrisy) and grudges (envy, jealousy) and slander and evil speaking of every kind. Like newborn babies you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) the pure (unadulterated) spiritual milk, that by it you may be nurtured and grow unto [completed] salvation, Since you have [already] tasted the goodness and kindness of the Lord.