Being Like Christ

He who is saying in him he doth remain, ought according as he walked also himself so to walk.

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

Followers of me become ye, as I also <FI>am<Fi> of Christ.

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit, — read the full passage →

ye call me, The Teacher and The Lord, and ye say well, for I am; — read the full passage →

`If ye love me, my commands keep,

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready, — read the full passage →

because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

for as many as to Christ were baptized did put on Christ;

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus,

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

with Christ I have been crucified, and live no more do I, and Christ doth live in me; and that which I now live in the flesh--in the faith I live of the Son of God, who did love me and did give himself for me;

take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,

ye shall therefore be perfect, as your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens is perfect.

and we all, with unvailed face, the glory of the Lord beholding in a mirror, to the same image are being transformed, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death; — read the full passage →

so that if any one <FI>is<Fi> in Christ--<FI> he is<Fi> a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.

`And why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not what I say?

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose; — read the full passage →

In this made perfect hath been the love with us, that boldness we may have in the day of the judgment, because even as He is, we--we also are in this world;

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved,

I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice--living, sanctified, acceptable to God--your intelligent service; — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

and ye <FI>are<Fi> a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

`Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;

we were buried together, then, with him through the baptism to the death, that even as Christ was raised up out of the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we in newness of life might walk.

A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one perfected shall be as his teacher.

to know him, and the power of his rising again, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death, — read the full passage →

so also ye, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to the sin, and living to God in Jesus Christ our Lord.

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

`Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;

and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers, — read the full passage →

`This is my command, that ye love one another, according as I did love you;

beloved, now, children of God are we, and it was not yet manifested what we shall be, and we have known that if he may be manifested, like him we shall be, because we shall see him as he is; — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! — read the full passage →

through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires. — read the full passage →

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'

I--in righteousness, I see Thy face; I am satisfied, in awaking, <FI>with<Fi> Thy form!

whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God;

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

that if thou mayest confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and mayest believe in thy heart that God did raise him out of the dead, thou shalt be saved,

through being a Son, did learn by the things which he suffered--the obedience,

and to God <FI>are<Fi> thanks, who at all times is leading us in triumph in the Christ, and the fragrance of His knowledge He is manifesting through us in every place,

If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →

if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.

Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →

he who is having my commands, and is keeping them, that one it is who is loving me, and he who is loving me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.'

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

my little children, of whom again I travail in birth, till Christ may be formed in you,

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

And I say: In the Spirit walk ye, and the desire of the flesh ye may not complete;

and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

and in fashion having been found as a man, he humbled himself, having become obedient unto death--death even of a cross,

and ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

`I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman; — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit;

if then I did wash your feet--the Lord and the Teacher--ye also ought to wash one another's feet. — read the full passage →

greater love than this hath no one, that any one his life may lay down for his friends;

to whom God did will to make known what <FI>is<Fi> the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations--which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

For, let this mind be in you that <FI>is<Fi> also in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light--we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming--I am;'

My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

And now, little children, remain in him, that when he may be manifested, we may have boldness, and may not be ashamed before him, in his presence;

for to me to live <FI>is<Fi> Christ, and to die gain.

that the righteousness of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

And Thomas answered and said to him, `My Lord and my God;'

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God--to those believing in his name, — read the full passage →

and every one who is having this hope on him, doth purify himself, even as he is pure.

because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. — read the full passage →

`To the messenger of the Ephesian assembly write: These things saith he who is holding the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the midst of the seven lamp-stands--the golden: — read the full passage →

The former account, indeed, I made concerning all things, O Theophilus, that Jesus began both to do and to teach, — read the full passage →

`I am the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is coming--the Almighty.'