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And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"

I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view than mine; and he who is troubling you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.

But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.

For each man will have to bear his own load.

For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

He destined us in love to be his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,

to the praise of his glorious grace which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace

For he has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of his will, according to his purpose which he set forth in Christ

In him, according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will,

we who first hoped in Christ have been destined and appointed to live for the praise of his glory.

which is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power in us who believe, according to the working of his great might

which he accomplished in Christ when he raised him from the dead and made him sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

and he has put all things under his feet and has made him the head over all things for the church,

which is his body, the fulness of him who fills all in all.

that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

by abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace,