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Aug 3, 2024 · Glorification in the Bible encapsulates the ultimate fulfillment of God’s redemptive plan for humanity, where believers are transformed into their perfected state, mirroring the glory of Christ. It denotes the culmination of the salvation process that begins with justification and continues through sanctification.
NAS: to give glory to God, KJV: to give glory to God, INT: [any] having returned to give glory to God. Luke 19:38 N-NFS GRK: εἰρήνη καὶ δόξα ἐν ὑψίστοις NAS: in heaven and glory in the highest! KJV: heaven, and glory in the highest. INT: peace and glory in [the] highest. Luke 21:27 N-GFS GRK: δυνάμεως καὶ ...
Glorification involves first of all the believer's sanctification or moral perfection ( 2 Thess 2:13-14 ; Heb 2:10-11 ), in which the believer will be made glorious, holy, and blameless ( Eph 5:27 ). The process of sanctification is at work in us now ( 2 Cor 3:18 ) but moves from one degree of glory to another until it reaches final glory.
The hymn they sang, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!" requires some explanation. Glory is the Greek word dóxa, which means "praise, recognition, honor, worship"—the height of reverence and adulation that we could give or say to God. "In the highest" is a somewhat controversial phrase in that, as a ...
a. to impart glory to something, render it excellent: perfect passive δεδόξασμαι, to excel, be preeminent; δεδοξασμένος, excelling, eminent, glorious, 2 Corinthians 3:10; δεδοξασμένῃ χαρά, surpassing i. e. heavenly, joy (A. V. full of glory), 1 Peter 1:8. b. to make renowned, render illustrious, i. e. to ...
18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
The Holy Spirit is the agent of the glorification of God’s people. God will immediately glorify all believers in the resurrection on the last day, conforming them perfectly to the image of His risen and glorified Son. The glorification of believers will include being renewed to perfection by God, without sin, in their glorified bodies.
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