Study Desk

For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which prevails among you, and of your love for all God's people,

For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is God's gift, and is not on the ground of merit--

in whom we have this bold and confident access through our faith in Him.

I pray that Christ may make His home in your hearts through your faith; so that having your roots deep and your foundations strong, in love, you may become mighty to grasp the idea,

There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism,

till we all of us arrive at oneness in faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and at mature manhood and the stature of full-grown men in Christ.

And besides all these take the great shield of faith, on which you will be able to quench all the flaming darts of the Wicked one;

Peace be to the brethren, and love combined with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.