GIFT
To Him be the glory for ever and ever. Amen!
Through these He has given us His very great and pricious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and His incomparably great power for us who believe,
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, Who is the head over every power and authority.
To the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord before all ages now and forevermore! Amen.
May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit
So will it be with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
It is God Who is at work in you both to will and to do His good pleasure.
Not that I have now attained this ideal, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus has laid hold of me and made me His own
Clothe yourselves therefore, as God’s chosen ones (His own picked representatives) who are purified and holy and well beloved by God Himself by putting on behavior marked by tender-hearted pity and mercy, kind feeling, a humble esteem of ourselves, gentle patience which is tireless and long-suffering and has the power to endure whatever comes with good temper