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And let the peace of Christ reign in your hearts, because it… Colossians 3:15

And let the peace of Christ reign in your hearts, because it was for this that you were called together in one body. Always be thankful.
Colossians 3:15 peace gratitude body
Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever receives the one I send
receives me,
and whoever receives me
receives the one who sent me.
John 13:20 gentleness community

Though he was in the form of God,
he did not regard equality with God
as something to be grasped.
Rather, he emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
being born in human likeness.
Being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself,
and became obedient to death,
even death on a cross.
Philippians 2:6-8 Savior obedience crucifixion
For the Son of Man has come to seek out and to save what was lost.
Luke 19:10 salvation seeking
He must increase;
I must decrease.
John 3:30 humility
Consequently, anyone united to Christ is a new creation. The old order has passed away. Behold, all has become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17 creation rebirth
I am the gate.
Anyone who enters through me
will be saved.
He will go in and out
and will find pasture.
John 10:9 salvation
For God did not send his Son into the world
to condemn the world
but in order that the world might be saved through him.
John 3:17 salvation judgment world
For just as in one body we have many parts, and the parts do not all have the same function, so we, though many, make up one body in Christ, and individually we are all parts of one another.
Romans 12:4-5 body community dependence
“But you,” he said to them, “who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Matthew 16:15-16 Messiah
Rather, professing truth and love, we will in all things grow into him who is the head, Christ.
Ephesians 4:15 love truth church
If you love me,
you will keep my commandments.
John 14:15 law love
Jesus replied,
“This is the work of God:
to believe in the one whom he has sent.”
John 6:29 faith God
For it is in him that the entire fullness of deity dwells in bodily form, and you share this fullness in him who is the head of every ruler and power.
Colossians 2:9-10 strength equipment
For a child has been born to us,
a son has been given to us.
Upon his shoulders dominion rests,
and this is the name he has been given:
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:5 Messiah Father christmas
You must understand, brethren, that it is through him that forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you. All those who believe are justified from all the things from which they could not be justified by the Law of Moses.
Acts 13:38-39 law forgiveness freedom
And eternal life is this:
to know you,
the only true God,
and the one you have sent,
Jesus Christ.
John 17:3 eternal life God
If the world hates you,
be aware that it hated me
before it hated you.
John 15:18 persecution world
And the Word became flesh
and dwelt among us.
And we saw his glory,
the glory as of the Father’s only Son,
full of grace and truth.
John 1:14 truth Word of God
Whoever possesses the Son
possesses life;
whoever does not possess the Son of God
does not possess life.
1 John 5:12 salvation life
Because of this, God greatly exalted him
and bestowed on him the name
that is above all other names,
so that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth.
Philippians 2:9-10 worship heaven world
He was despised and shunned by others,
a man of sorrows who was no stranger to suffering.
We loathed him and regarded him as of no account,
as one from whom men avert their gaze.
Isaiah 53:3 suffering sickness
And this is the testimony:
God gave us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son.
1 John 5:11 eternal life
For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21 death life
I am the vine,
you are the branches.
Whoever abides in me, and I in him,
will bear much fruit.
Apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:5 reward dependence fruitfulness

For us there is
one God, the Father,
from whom all things are
and for whom we exist,
and one Lord, Jesus Christ,
through whom all things are
and through whom we exist.