CHOSEN
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you.
Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, which some have professed and in so doing have wandered from the faith.
Grace be with you.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and tody and forever.
Having believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, Who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession- to the praise of His glory.
In Him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of Him Who works out everyhting in conformity with the purpose of His will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of His glory.