and you belong to Christ;and Christbelongs to God.
While he was stillspeaking,a brightcloudovershadowedthem, and behold,a voiceout of the cloudsaid,"Thisis My belovedSon,with whomI am well-pleased;listento Him!"
"As You sentMe into the world,I alsohave sentthem into the world.
that they may allbe one;evenas You, Father,[are] in Me and I in You, that they alsomay be in Us, sothat the worldmay believethat You sentMe.
for ifwe live,we livefor the Lord,orifwe die,we diefor the Lord;thereforewhetherwe liveordie,we are the Lord's.
But I wantyou to understandthat Christis the headof everyman,and the manis the headof a woman,and Godis the headof Christ.
But eachin his ownorder:Christthe first fruits,afterthat thosewhoare Christ'sat His coming,
Whenallthingsare subjectedto Him, thenthe SonHimselfalsowill be subjectedto the One who subjectedallthingsto Him, sothat Godmay be all in all.
For he who was calledin the Lordwhile a slave,is the Lord'sfreedman;likewisehe who was calledwhile free,is Christ'sslave.
yetfor us there is [but] oneGod,the Father,from whomare allthingsand we [exist] for Him; and oneLord,JesusChrist,by whomare all things,and we [exist] throughHim.
You are lookingat things as they are outwardly.Ifanyoneis confidentin himselfthat he is Christ's,let him considerthisagainwithinhimself,that justas he is Christ's,soalsoare we.
And ifyou belong to Christ,thenyou are Abraham'sdescendants,heirsaccordingto promise.
Nowthosewho belong to ChristJesushave crucifiedthe fleshwith its passionsand desires.
with a viewto an administrationsuitableto the fullnessof the times,[that is], the summingup of all thingsin Christ,things in the heavensand things on the earth.In Him