Children of God

1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2 & 3 John, Jude: A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition 1. Hope and Holiness 1:13–21

“This word forbids letting the mind wander into any other kind of mental intoxication or addition which inhibits spiritual alertness, or any laziness of mind which lulls Christians into sin through carelessness.”

1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2 & 3 John, Jude: A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition 1. Hope and Holiness 1:13–21

The twin ideas of self-control and clarity of mind seem to catch the importance of this word.

1 & 2 Peter, 1, 2 & 3 John, Jude: A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition 1. Hope and Holiness 1:13–21

To hope fully means to hope in grace completely and without reserve. Notice that “this phrase does not mean to compare qualities of hope but compare objects of hope