Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” So you are no longer a slave, but God’s

For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you

Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may

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