Then
after [an interval] of fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem. [This time
I went] with Barnabas, taking Titus along with [me] also. I went because it
was specially and divinely revealed to me that I should go, and I put
before them the Gospel [declaring to them that] which I preach among the
Gentiles. However, [I presented the matter] privately before those of repute,
[for I wanted to make certain, by thus at first confining my communication to
this private conference] that I was not running or had not run in vain
[guarding against being discredited either in what I was planning to do or had
already done]. But [all went well!] even Titus,
who was with me, was not compelled [as some had anticipated] to be circumcised,
although he was a Greek. Galatians 2:1-3
As for my
attitude, though I am absent
[from you] in body, I am present
in spirit, and I have already decided and passed judgment, as if
actually present, 1 Corinthians
5:3
And
I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you
shall heed My ordinances and do them. Ezekiel 36:27
That
they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they
also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced
that You have sent Me. I have given to them the glory and
honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one: I
in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly
united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent
Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me. John
17:21-23
For it is by free
grace (God’s unmerited favor)
that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of
Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of
yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it
is the gift of God; Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law’s
demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can
possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.]
Ephesians 2:8-9
But if it is by grace
(His unmerited favor and graciousness), it is no longer conditioned on works or
anything men have done. Otherwise, grace
would no longer be grace [it
would be meaningless]. Romans 11:6
If you seek to be justified and declared righteous
and to be given a right standing with God through the Law, you are
brought to nothing and so separated (severed) from Christ. You have
fallen away from grace (from
God’s gracious favor and unmerited blessing). Galatians 5:4
And
these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will
drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; They will pick up
serpents; and [even] if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they
will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well. Mark 16:17-18
But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving
Spirit) comes, He will guide you
into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own
message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the
Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will
announce and declare to you the things
that are to come [that will
happen in the future]. John 16:13
He who is greatest
among you shall be your servant.
Matthew 23:11
Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him] and
have [already] defeated and overcome them [the agents of the
antichrist], because He Who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
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