But we all,with unveiledface,beholding as in a mirrorthe gloryof the Lord,are being transformedinto the sameimagefrom gloryto glory,justas from the Lord,the Spirit.
They gofrom strengthto strength,[Every one of them] appearsbeforeGodin Zion.
And the Wordbecameflesh,and dweltamongus, and we sawHis glory,gloryas of the only begottenfrom the Father,fullof graceand truth.
These thingsIsaiahsaidbecausehe sawHis glory,and he spokeof Him.
"The glorywhichYou have givenMe I have givento them, that they may be one,justas We are one;
"Father,I desirethat they also,whomYou have givenMe, be with Me whereI am,sothat they may seeMy glorywhichYou have givenMe, for You lovedMe beforethe foundationof the world.
And do not be conformedto thisworld,but be transformedby the renewingof your mind,sothat you may provewhatthe willof Godis, that which is goodand acceptableand perfect.
But puton the LordJesusChrist,and makenoprovisionfor the fleshin regardto [its] lusts.
For those whomHe foreknew,He alsopredestined[to become] conformedto the imageof His Son,sothat He would be the firstbornamongmanybrethren;
sothat the requirementof the Lawmight be fulfilledin us, who do not walkaccordingto the fleshbut accordingto the Spirit.
becausethe mind seton the fleshis hostiletowardGod;for it does not subjectitself to the lawof God,for it is not evenable[to do so],
For nowwe seein a mirrordimly,but thenfaceto face;nowI knowin part,but thenI will knowfullyjustas I alsohave been fully known.
Justas we have bornethe imageof the earthy,we will alsobearthe imageof the heavenly.
Nowthe Lordis the Spirit,and wherethe Spiritof the Lordis, [there] is liberty.
in whosecasethe godof thisworldhas blindedthe mindsof the unbelievingsothat they might not seethe lightof the gospelof the gloryof Christ,whois the imageof God.
For God,who said,"Lightshall shineout of darkness,"is the One whohas shonein our heartsto give the Lightof the knowledgeof the gloryof Godin the faceof Christ.
Thereforeifanyoneis in Christ,[he is] a newcreature;the old thingspassed away;behold,new thingshave come.
For neitheris circumcisionanything,noruncircumcision,but a newcreation.
and have puton the new selfwho is being renewedto a true knowledgeaccordingto the imageof the One who createdhim--
accordingto the gloriousgospelof the blessedGod,with whichI have been entrusted.
He savedus, not on the basisof deedswhichwe have donein righteousness,but accordingto His mercy,by the washingof regenerationand renewingby the HolySpirit,
For ifanyoneis a hearerof the wordand not a doer,he is likea manwho looksat his naturalfacein a mirror;
Beloved,nowwe are childrenof God,and it has not appearedas yetwhatwe will be. We knowthat whenHe appears,we will be likeHim, becausewe will seeHim justas He is.
