For godly sorrow produces a salutary repentance without regret, but worldly sorrow produces death. 2 Corinthians 7:10 NABRE Paul is writing to the community in Corinth and in this particular section he is joyful about their repentance. Paul has written to them in an earlier letter and Paul’s emotion in…
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Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow. Isaiah 1:16-17 NABRE Syria and Ephraim (Israel) aligned against Assyria and they tried to convince Judah to join.…
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Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be wiped away, Acts 3:19 NABRE The quoted verse is part of a speech Peter is giving to those who surrounded him in the temple after a man unable to walk was able to stand up and walk through his faith…
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This is the third week of a series we are calling, “righteousness from God.” By righteous we mean we are in right relationship with God. It is a human quality but it takes on a divine presence when we allow God to make us righteous. We commonly think of it…
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The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,” but he is patient with you, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 NABRE Peter wrote this letter with an emphasis on the knowledge of God. Knowing in the biblical…
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