Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
If ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear—The L ORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him … in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the L ORD … and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the L ORD—To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word—The L ORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
L UKE 1:50; P S. 31:19-20; 1 P ET. 1:17—PS. 145:18-19; 2 K INGS 22:19—ISA. 66:2—PS. 34:18

Jesus the author and finisher of our faith—I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do—We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: but this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified—Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.
I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again—Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
J OHN 19:30; H EB. 12:2 —JOHN 17:4 —HEB. 10:10-14 —COL. 2:14—J OHN 10:17-18 —JOHN 15:13

As ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness—I beseech you … brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.
If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new—In Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy—This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind. Ye have not so learned Christ; if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus. Put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
R OM. 6:4; R OM. 6:19—ROM. 12:1-2; 2 C OR. 5:17—GAL. 6:15-16—EPH. 4:17, 20-21, 24

See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand—I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the L ORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end—My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the L ORD.
I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her—As a man chasteneth his son, so the L ORD thy God chasteneth thee—Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby—Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
I know, O L ORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
P ROV. 3:12; D EUT. 32:39—JER. 29:11—ISA. 55:8; H OS. 2:14—D EUT. 8:5—HEB. 12:11—1 P ET. 5:6; P S. 119:75

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus—Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the L ORD.
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father—We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord—When that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known—Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
P ROV. 4:18; P HIL. 3:12—HOS. 6:3; M ATT. 13:43—2 C OR. 3:18—1 C OR. 13:10, 12—1 J OHN 3:2-3

By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God—Without faith it is impossible to please him—He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God—Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him—Faith … worketh by love—Faith without works is dead.
We walk by faith, not by sight—I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me—Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
G AL. 5:22; E PH. 2:8—HEB. 11:6—JOHN 3:18—MARK 9:24; 1 J OHN 2:5—GAL. 5:6—JAMES 2:20; 2 C OR. 5:7—GAL. 2:20—1 P ET. 1:8-9

I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people—It became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings—We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God—We do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds).
The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
2 T IM. 2:3; I SA. 55:4—HEB. 2:10—ACTS 14:22; E PH. 6:12-13—2 C OR. 10:3-4; 1 P ET. 5:10

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Not every one that saith … Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven—Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord—Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things are in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give the diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall.
By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.
J AMES 2:26; M ATT. 7:21—HEB. 12:14—2 P ET. 1:5-10: E PH. 2:8-9

Get wisdom, get understanding—The wisdom that is from above—The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me—We are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us—God … hath quickened us together with Christ … and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. They that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country—Seek ye the L ORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness. C OL. 3:1; P ROV. 4:5—JAMES 3:17—JOB 28:14—ROM. 6:4-5; H EB. 12:1—EPH. 2:4-6; H EB. 11:14—ZEPH. 2:3: [

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