'Embrace' in the Bible
Furthermore, if a man approached him to bow down in front of him, he would put out his hand, grab him, and embrace him.
"If I've lived my life in the company of vanity, or run quickly to embrace deception,
She is a tree of life for those who embrace her, and whoever clutches her tightly will be joyful.
he taught me and told me, "Let your heart fully embrace what I have to say; keep my commandments and live!
Prize her and she will exalt you. Indeed, if you embrace her, she will honor you.
Why should you be intoxicated by an adulteress, my son, and embrace the bosom of a foreign woman?
a time to scatter stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Let his left hand be under my head, and let his right hand embrace me.
A wind storm will carry them away in its embrace, and their sacrifices will bring them shame."
It's not that I have already reached this goal or have already become perfect. But I keep pursuing it, hoping somehow to embrace it just as I have been embraced by the Messiah Jesus.
And so, made heirs by his own grace, eternal life we now embrace.