The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
2 Thessalonians 1:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised In view of this, we always pray for you that our God will make you worthy of his calling, and by his power fulfil your every desire to do good and your work produced by faith, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition With this in view we constantly pray for you, that our God may deem and count you worthy of [your] calling and [His] every gracious purpose of goodness, and with power may complete in [your] every particular work of faith (faith which is that leaning of the whole human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness). American Standard Version (1901) To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and every work of faith, with power; Common English Bible We are constantly praying for you for this: that our God will make you worthy of his calling and accomplish every good desire and faithful work by his power. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, too, we pray always for you, so that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may complete every act of his goodness, as well as his work of faith in virtue, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore also we pray always for you; that our God would make you worthy of his vocation, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith in power; |
The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
On that day it will be said, ‘Look, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he has saved us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him. Let’s rejoice and be glad in his salvation.’
Let the wicked one abandon his way and the sinful one his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, so that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will freely forgive.
‘Will I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it? ’ says the Lord; ‘or will I who deliver, close the womb? ’ says your God.
If the God we serve exists, then he can rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and he can rescue us from the power of you, the king.
Let’s strive to know the Lord. His appearance is as sure as the dawn. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the land.
“What are you, great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. And he will bring out the capstone accompanied by shouts of: Grace, grace to it! ” ’
The soil produces a crop by itself #– #first the blade, then the ear, and then the full grain on the ear.
Don’t be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights to give you the kingdom.
God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in telling the good news about his Son #– #that I constantly mention you,
My brothers and sisters, I myself am convinced about you that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another.
And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified.
He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
He predestined us to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ for himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
He made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in Christ
I am sure of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
For it is God who is working in you both to will and to work according to his good purpose.
I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus.
We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work produced by faith, your labour motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
It is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgement that you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering,
He called you to this through our gospel, so that you might obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.
The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, strengthen, and support you after you have suffered a little while.
But you have a few people in Sardis who have not defiled their clothes, and they will walk with me in white, because they are worthy.
You made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they will reign on the earth.