But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,Īnd everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Love suffers long and is kind love does not envy love does not parade itself, is not puffed up does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Nor was deceit found in His mouth" who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.įor this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Discover the scriptural keys to understanding salvation, healing, prayer, and receiving. An essential study for new and seasoned believers alike, the Self-Study Bible Course is an easy-to-use exploration of the foundations of the Christian faith. And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Memory work, study questions and notes lay a solid foundation for building a strong Christian life. Who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness-by whose stripes you were healed.But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.īut hospitable, a lover of what is good, sober-minded, just, holy, self-controlled, Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.įor God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Each study includes: Reflection Questions designed to help you engage the text at a deeper level Gospel Glimpses highlighting the gospel of grace throughout. Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
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