- For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake.
- Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
- So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer.
- As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue.
- The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the lazy man will be put to forced labor. - By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
- If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.
- But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.
- Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
- For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
He is the King of glory. Selah Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.Next verse!With image