For as Christ’s sufferings overflow to us, so through Christ does our encouragement also overflow. 2 Corinthians 1:5 NABRE Paul is writing to the community at Corinth, addressing questions and issues in this very lively community. At the opening of the letter Paul is thankful and encouraging for the community.…
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For Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God. Put to death in the flesh, he was brought to life in the spirit. 1 Peter 3:18 NABRE Peter writing a letter to several communities is addressing Christ’s…
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The God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory through Christ [Jesus] will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you after you have suffered a little. 1 Peter 5:10 NABRE Peter is ending his letter and concludes with a powerful promise of God’s faithful care. He consoles…
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Not only that, but we even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, Romans 5:3-4 NABRE Paul in the section of the letter to the Romans with the quoted verse speaks of peace with God through Christ. But Paul also…
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At the time, all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it. Hebrews 12:11 NABRE This section of the letter to the Hebrews begins with, “for whom the Lord loves he disciplines”…
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