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Days » Judgment » A figure of spiritual illumination
But, since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.
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Days » Illustrative of » The path of the just
God's Promises » To the prayerful » To the righteous
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
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God's Promises » Mysteries of of progress » Spiritual progress a characteristic of the righteous
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that all may see your progress.
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Grace of God » Growth in
For I am confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
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as we night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith?
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and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is 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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We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
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And this is my prayer, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ; having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Not that I have already obtained this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brethren, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. read more.
Let those of us who are mature have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you.
Let those of us who are mature have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you.
so that you will live a life worthy of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing 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 make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you, so that he may establish your hearts without blame in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, with instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. And this we will do, if God permits.
Therefore, put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn babes, long for the pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, for you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.
The just » Promises to
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
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Light » Illustrative of » The path of the just
Light, spiritual » Promised » To the just
Perfection » Saints follow after
Not that I have already obtained this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
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Perseverance » A characteristic of saints
spiritual Progress » A characteristic of the righteous
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that all may see your progress.
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Right » Hand taken » Paths
and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.
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The righteous » The righteous, promises to
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
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Righteousness » Promises concerning » Promises to the righteous
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
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Spiritual » Progress » A characteristic of the righteous
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
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Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that all may see your progress.
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