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Romans 13:11-14 (view passage online)
Believers must prepare their minds, stay sober, and rest their hope fully on grace. Obedient children reject their former lusts and pursue holiness because God is holy. Believers conduct themselves in fear because Christ redeemed them with His precious blood rather than corruptible things.
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1 Peter 1:13-19 (view passage online)
Prophets searched carefully about the coming grace. The Spirit of Christ testified beforehand about the sufferings of Christ and the following glories, which angels desire to understand. Believers must prepare their minds and rest their hope fully on grace.
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Colossians 1:9-12 (view passage online)
Paul prays for believers to have the knowledge of God’s will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. He encourages them to walk worthy of the Lord, bear fruit, and grow strong with all might. Believers give thanks to the Father for qualifying them to share in the inheritance.
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1 Peter 1:1-12 (view passage online)
Trials test the genuineness of faith, making it more precious than perishable gold. This tested faith brings praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Believers love Jesus without seeing Him and rejoice with inexpressible joy.
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Romans 13:8-10 (view passage online)
Believers owe no one anything except to love one another, because love fulfills the law and does no harm to a neighbor. We must put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh. We awake from sleep because salvation approaches nearer than when we first believed.
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1 Peter 1:1-12 (view passage online)
God gives believers a new birth to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He reserves an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance for them in heaven. The power of God keeps believers through faith for a salvation ready to appear.
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1 Peter 1:1-12 (view passage online)
Peter writes to scattered pilgrims chosen according to the foreknowledge of God. He blesses the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ for giving believers a new birth to a living hope. This letter explores Peter’s background, his audience, and his purpose for writing.
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Philemon (view passage online)
Paul writes to Philemon on behalf of Onesimus, a runaway slave who became a believer. He asks Philemon to receive Onesimus as a brother and offers to pay any debt the slave owes. This request provides a beautiful picture of forgiveness and the gospel.
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Galatians 6:11-18 (view passage online)
Paul writes the closing of Galatians with large letters to warn against those who compel circumcision to look good in the flesh. He refuses to boast in anything except the cross of Christ. He emphasizes that only a new creation matters, not circumcision or uncircumcision, and points to the marks of the Lord Jesus on his own body.
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Galatians 6:6-10 (view passage online)
Believers must gently restore a fallen brother and bear one another’s burdens. Everyone reaps what they sow, so we must sow to the Spirit to reap eternal life. We must not grow weary in doing good because we will reap a harvest in due season.