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Days » Judgment » A figure of spiritual illumination
But since we belong to the day, we must be serious and put the armor of faith and love on our chests, and put on a helmet of the hope of salvation.
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shining brighter and brighter until midday.
Days » Illustrative of » The path of the just
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
God's Promises » To the prayerful » To the righteous
yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned
or his children begging for bread.
his children
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
and His ears are open to their cry for help.
but He is a friend
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.
but He seats them forever with enthroned kings,
and they are exalted.
but a righteous one escapes from trouble.
God's Promises » Mysteries of of progress » Spiritual progress a characteristic of the righteous
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.
We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
and the one whose hands are clean
Practice these things; be committed to them, so that your progress may be evident to all.
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Grace of God » Growth in
I am sure of this, that He who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
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as we pray very earnestly night and day to see you face to face and to complete what is lacking in your faith?
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He doesn’t hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its ligaments and tendons, develops with growth from God.
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But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
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shining brighter and brighter until midday.
We must always thank God for you, brothers. This is right, since your faith is flourishing and the love each one of you has for one another is increasing.
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And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment, so that you can determine what really matters and can be pure and blameless in 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 reached [the goal] or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus. Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead, I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God's heavenly call in Christ Jesus. read more.
Therefore, all who are mature should think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will reveal this to you also.
Therefore, all who are mature should think this way. And if you think differently about anything, God will reveal this to you also.
so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing [to Him], bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience, with joy
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And may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone, just as we also do for you. May He make your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
Therefore, leaving the elementary message about the Messiah, let us go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, faith in God, teaching about ritual washings, laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And we will do this if God permits.
So rid yourselves of all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. Like newborn infants, desire the unadulterated spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it in [your] salvation, since you have tasted that the Lord is good.
The just » Promises to
yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned
or his children begging for bread.
his children
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
and His ears are open to their cry for help.
but He is a friend
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.
but He seats them forever with enthroned kings,
and they are exalted.
but a righteous one escapes from trouble.
Light » Illustrative of » The path of the just
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
Light, spiritual » Promised » To the just
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
Perfection » Saints follow after
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Not that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
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Perseverance » A characteristic of saints
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
spiritual Progress » A characteristic of the righteous
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.
We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
and the one whose hands are clean
Practice these things; be committed to them, so that your progress may be evident to all.
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Right » Hand taken » Paths
in Your presence is abundant joy;
in Your right hand are eternal pleasures.
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob.
He will teach us about His ways
so that we may walk in His paths.”
For instruction will go out of Zion
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He leads me along the right paths
for His name’s sake.
to those who keep His covenant and decrees.
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for I take pleasure in it.
and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed instead.
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and integrity—every good path.
I am guiding you on straight paths.
You clear a straight path for the righteous.
The righteous » The righteous, promises to
yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned
or his children begging for bread.
his children
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
and His ears are open to their cry for help.
but He is a friend
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.
but He seats them forever with enthroned kings,
and they are exalted.
but a righteous one escapes from trouble.
Righteousness » Promises concerning » Promises to the righteous
yet I have not seen the righteous abandoned
or his children begging for bread.
his children
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
and His ears are open to their cry for help.
but He is a friend
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.
but He seats them forever with enthroned kings,
and they are exalted.
but a righteous one escapes from trouble.
Spiritual » Progress » A characteristic of the righteous
and grow like a cedar tree in Lebanon.
We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
and the one whose hands are clean
Practice these things; be committed to them, so that your progress may be evident to all.
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Spiritual » Light promised » To the just
shining brighter and brighter until midday.