- All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.
- Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.
- And every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. - I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance;
therefore, I will hope in him!” - For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.
- For the Scriptures say,
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bend to me,
and every tongue will declare allegiance to God.’” - If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses.
- Finally, I confessed all my sins to you
and stopped trying to hide my guilt.
I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.”
And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. - Who is the King of glory?
The Lord of Heaven’s Armies—
he is the King of glory. - All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine.
- Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
- This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God: If a person claiming to be a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God. But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.
- And a voice from heaven said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy.”
But the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people.” Whoever pursues righteousness and unfailing love
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