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Days » Judgment » A figure of spiritual illumination
But let us, who belong to the Day, control ourselves, and put on faith and love as a breast plate, and the hope of Salvation as a helmet.
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Days » Illustrative of » The path of the just
God's Promises » To the prayerful » To the righteous
Then shall the righteous shine, like the sun, in the Kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears hear.
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God's Promises » Mysteries of of progress » Spiritual progress a characteristic of the righteous
And all of us, with faces from which the veil is lifted, seeing, as if reflected in a mirror, the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his likeness, from glory to glory, as it is given by the Lord, the Spirit.
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Practice these things, devote yourself to them, so that your progress may be plain to every one.
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Grace of God » Growth in
For of this I am confident, that he who began a good work in you will complete it in readiness for the Day of Jesus Christ.
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Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face, and make good any deficiency in your faith.
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He fails to maintain union with the Head, to whom it is due that the whole body, nourished and knit together by the contact and Keynesian of every part, grows with a divine growth.
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and advance in the love and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. All glory be to him now and for ever.
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Brothers, it is our duty always to thank God about you, as is but right, considering the wonderful growth of your faith, and because, without exception, your love for one another is continually increasing.
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And what I pray for is this--that your love may grow yet stronger and stronger, with increasing knowledge and all discernment, Until you are able to appreciate all moral distinctions. And I pray, too, that you may be kept pure and blameless against the Day of Christ, Bearing a rich harvest of that righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Not that I have already laid hold of it, or that I am already made perfect. But I press on, in the hope of actually laying hold of that for which indeed I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. For I, Brothers, do not regard myself as having yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do--forgetting what lies behind, and straining every nerve for that which lies in front, I press on to the goal, to gain the prize of that heavenward Call which God gave me through Christ Jesus. read more.
Let all of us, then, whose faith is mature, think thus. Then, if on any matter you think otherwise, God will make that also plain to you.
Let all of us, then, whose faith is mature, think thus. Then, if on any matter you think otherwise, God will make that also plain to you.
Then you will live lives worthy of the Master, and so please God in every way. Your lives will be fruitful in every kind of good action, and your characters will grow through a fuller knowledge of God; You will be made strong at all points with a strength worthy of the power manifested in his Glory--strong to endure with patience, and even with gladness, whatever may befall you;
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And for you, may the Lord fill you to overflowing with love for one another and for every one, just as we are filled with love for you; And so make your hearts strong, and your lives pure beyond reproach, in the sight of our God and Father, at the Coming of our Lord Jesus, with all his Holy Ones.
Therefore, let us leave behind the elementary teaching about the Christ and press on to perfection, not always laying over again a foundation of repentance for a lifeless formality, of faith in God-- teaching concerning baptisms and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and a final judgment. Yes and, with God's help, we will.
Now that you have done with all malice, all deceitfulness, insincerity, jealous feelings, and all back-biting, like newly born infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that you may be enabled by it to grow till you attain Salvation-- since 'you have found by experience that the Lord is kind.'
The just » Promises to
Then shall the righteous shine, like the sun, in the Kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears 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 laid hold of it, or that I am already made perfect. But I press on, in the hope of actually laying hold of that for which indeed I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
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Perseverance » A characteristic of saints
spiritual Progress » A characteristic of the righteous
And all of us, with faces from which the veil is lifted, seeing, as if reflected in a mirror, the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his likeness, from glory to glory, as it is given by the Lord, the Spirit.
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Practice these things, devote yourself to them, so that your progress may be plain to every one.
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Right » Hand taken » Paths
make straight paths for your feet,' so that the lame limb may not be put out of joint, but rather be cured.
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The righteous » The righteous, promises to
Then shall the righteous shine, like the sun, in the Kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears hear.
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Righteousness » Promises concerning » Promises to the righteous
Then shall the righteous shine, like the sun, in the Kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears hear.
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Spiritual » Progress » A characteristic of the righteous
And all of us, with faces from which the veil is lifted, seeing, as if reflected in a mirror, the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his likeness, from glory to glory, as it is given by the Lord, the Spirit.
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Practice these things, devote yourself to them, so that your progress may be plain to every one.
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