Ephesians 4:29-32 (NIV) says, “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day...
16Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?… Berean Standard Bible· Download Cross References Ephesians 5:19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs...
(Check out Romans 8:37, 2 Timothy 1:7, Ephesians 6:11 if you're interested in a little biblical support. Also, ask a pastor for more information if you really want to sleep soundly every night. I've met 100-plus people with this problem who testify to these things I'm telling you...
and few are braced against these in the attitude of resistance commanded in Ephesians 6:10–12, 1 Peter 5:8–9, and James 4:7. Ministers and laypersons alike persist in the rather unreasonable belief, left over from the Age of Reason, that there are no superhuman...
Ephesians 2:6-7: God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly places “so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” God will show the riches of his grace to us forever—there’s thecore...
was very prominent in the thoughts of St. Paul (1 Corinthians 3:16;1 Corinthians 6:19;Ephesians 2:21, 22;1 Timothy 3:15; comp.1 Peter 2:5;Hebrews 3:6).As God hath said.The quotation is altered slightly from the LXX. ofLeviticus 26:12. But in this and the next verses we have...
gospel of your salvation (Ephesians 1:13) gospel of our Lord Jesus (2 Thessalonians 1:18) gospel of the blessed God (Titus 1:11) So we see that the kingdom of God, Jesus Christ, grace, peace, salvation, and the blessed God are all aspects of the gospel. We in theContinuingChurch ...
In this light we read Ephesians 4:1, "Walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called." Compare 1 Thessalonians 2:12; Philippians 1:27. And the end of this calling is that we are "foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son" (Romans 8:29). We must not limit ...
So what should you do if forgiveness doesn’t come easily for you? For an answer to this question I turn to Ephesians 4:32-5:2. This passage reads: [B]e kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. Therefore be imitators of God, as...
What is not understood by contemplatives is that: 1. Christian contemplative prayers and meditation are identical with Eastern mantras and Eastern meditation; 2. When Eastern meditation is practiced, and “silence” is achieved, it produces an altered state of mind; 3. Eastern meditative techniques...