Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifyin
I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may sh
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, f
Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we
But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from
And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.
Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is found
Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus C
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheri
For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory and the covenants; theirs the giving of th