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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.
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Galatians 6:1-5 (view passage online)
God calls believers to liberty, not as an opportunity for the flesh but to serve one another through love. Loving your neighbor as yourself fulfills the entire law. Believers who walk in the Spirit overcome the desires of the flesh.
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Galatians 5:16-26 (view passage online)
Believers who walk in the Spirit do not fulfill the lust of the flesh. They produce the fruit of the Spirit, which includes love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Those who belong to Christ crucify the flesh with its passions and desires.
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Romans 13:1-7 (view passage online)
Every soul must subject itself to governing authorities because God appoints all existing authorities. Rulers act as God’s ministers to maintain order and justice. Believers must render taxes, customs, fear, and honor to those who deserve them.