GOD WORKS FANTASTIC MIRACLES
GOD IS BLESSING AND ENRICHING THE CHURCHES WELL AGAIN
3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! 4I give thanks to my God always concerning you for the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus, 5that in every thing ye were enriched in him, in all discourse and all knowledge, 6according as the testimony of the Christ was confirmed in you, 7so that ye are not behind in any gift, waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8who also shall confirm you unto the end—unblamable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ; 9faithful is God, through whom ye were called to the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 And I call upon you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the same thing ye may all say, and there may not be divisions among you, and ye may be perfected in the same mind, and in the same judgment, 11for it was signified to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe, that contentions are among you; 12and I say this, that each one of you saith, ‘I, indeed, am of Paul’—‘and I of Apollos,’—‘and I of Cephas,’—‘and I of Christ.’ 13Hath the Christ been divided? was Paul crucified for you? or to the name of Paul were ye baptized;
5 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
1 Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2through whom also we have the access by the faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast on the hope of the glory of God. 3And not only so, but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance; 4and the endurance, experience; and the experience, hope; 5and the hope doth not make ashamed, because the love of God hath been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that hath been given to us.
A Priest Forever
5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:
“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.”
6 As He also says in another place:
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek”;
7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, 8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10 called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,” 11 of whom we have much to say, and hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
Spiritual Immaturity
12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. 13 For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. 14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.