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Philippians 1:9-11
I pray that your love will grow more and more. And let it be based on knowledge and understanding.Then you will be able to know what is best. Then you will be pure and without blame for the day that Christ returns.You will be filled with the fruit of right living produced by Jesus Christ. All these things bring glory and praise to God.
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2 Peter 1 8
All these things should describe you more and more. They will make you useful and fruitful as you know our Lord Jesus Christ better.
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Colossians 1:9
That’s why we have not stopped praying for you. We have been praying for you since the day we heard about you. We keep asking God to fill you with the knowledge of what he wants. We pray he will give you the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives.
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1 Peter 1 5-1 Peter 1 8
Through faith you are kept safe by God’s power. Your salvation is going to be completed. It is ready to be shown to you in the last days.Because you know all this, you have great joy. You have joy even though you may have had to suffer for a little while. You may have had to suffer sadness in all kinds of trouble.Your troubles have come in order to prove that your faith is real. Your faith is worth more than gold. That’s because gold can pass away even when fire has made it pure. Your faith is meant to bring praise, honor and glory to God. This will happen when Jesus Christ returns.Even though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not see him now, you believe in him. You are filled with a glorious joy that can’t be put into words.
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Matthew 5:16
In the same way, let your light shine so others can see it. Then they will see the good things you do. And they will bring glory to your Father who is in heaven.
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James 2:14
Suppose a person claims to have faith but doesn’t act on their faith. My brothers and sisters, can this kind of faith save them?
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1 Peter 2 12
People who don’t believe might say you are doing wrong. But lead good lives among them. Then they will see your good deeds. And they will give glory to God on the day he comes to judge.
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Titus 3:14
Our people must learn to commit themselves to doing what is good. Then they can provide for people when they are in great need. If they do that, their lives won’t turn out to be useless.
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1 Corinthians 14 25
The secrets of their hearts will be brought out into the open. They will fall down and worship God. They will exclaim,“ God is really here among you!”
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James 2:17
It is the same with faith. If it doesn’t cause us to do something, it’s dead.
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2 Corinthians 9 12-2 Corinthians 9 14
Your gifts meet the needs of the Lord’s people. And that’s not all. Your gifts also cause many people to thank God.You have shown yourselves to be worthy by what you have given. So other people will praise God because you obey him. That proves that you really believe the good news about Christ. They will also praise God because you share freely with them and with everyone else.Their hearts will be filled with love for you when they pray for you. God has given you grace that is better than anything.
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Philippians 4:8
Finally, my brothers and sisters, always think about what is true. Think about what is noble, right and pure. Think about what is lovely and worthy of respect. If anything is excellent or worthy of praise, think about those kinds of things.
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Hebrews 6:10
God is fair. He will not forget what you have done. He will remember the love you have shown him. You showed it when you helped his people. And you show it when you keep on helping them.
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1 Peter 3 1
Wives, follow the lead of your own husbands. Suppose some of them don’t believe God’s word. Then let them be won to Christ without words by seeing how their wives behave.
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1 Peter 3 16
Live so that you don’t have to feel you’ve done anything wrong. Some people may say evil things about your good conduct as believers in Christ. If they do, they will be put to shame for speaking like this about you.