But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. – Ephesians

It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality… —1 Thessalonians 4:3. Sanctified sounds like old-fashioned to many people today. However, sanctified is a

Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer. —Psalm 4:1 At first, this

[John the Baptist said when asked if he was the Christ, the Messiah:] “I am not the Christ but am sent ahead of him. The bride belongs to the bridegroom.

Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways, for the Lord detests a perverse man but takes the upright into his confidence. —Proverbs 3:31-32. While many are

He must become greater; I must become less. —John 3:30 This ultimate formula for greatness did not take many words for John the Baptist to articulate. Paul told the Galatians

[God told Moses to look at the Promised Land, since he was not going to cross this Jordan, then God said:] “Commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of observing the law? No, but on that of faith. For we maintain that a man is justified

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. – Galatians 3:26-27. What are

[King Nebuchadnezzar, who had Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego thrown into the furnace,] said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks

So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith. — Galatians 3:24. Galatians repeatedly reminds us that no law can

[There is no difference between Jew and non-Jew in regard to righteousness,] for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his

[After Jesus’ baptism by John,] the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love;

But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, and that he may send the Christ,

And we, who with unveiled faces all [contemplate and] reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the