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- Living for righteousness means living a life that is transformed by Christ’s death and resurrection. It means recognizing our sinfulness and need for God’s grace, and seeking to live a life that reflects this. It means pursuing holiness, which is the process of becoming more like Christ.
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Jan 17, 2024 · God’s people have been saved from sin and death and are called to live for righteousness (1 Peter 2:24). In doing so, they look forward to an eternal reward that moths cannot destroy and thieves cannot steal (Matthew 6:19–20).
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To be righteous is to be right with God. A heart that is...
- What is Righteousness
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Having Christ’s righteousness imputed to us does not mean we...
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- Galatians 2:20 ESV / 527 helpful votes. I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
- Ephesians 4:29-32 ESV / 479 helpful votes. Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
- Colossians 1:10 ESV / 425 helpful votes. So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
- Micah 6:8 ESV / 401 helpful votes. He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 1 John 3:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
- John 3:16 ESV / 48 helpful votes. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
- Psalm 23:4 ESV / 44 helpful votes. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
- Romans 14:8 ESV / 40 helpful votes. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7 ESV / 38 helpful votes. And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, 1 Corinthians 3:22
Mar 30, 2024 · 1 Peter 2:24 is a Bible verse that says: “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds, you have been healed.”. In this verse, Peter emphasizes the importance of living for righteousness in light of Christ’s death and resurrection.
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Explore the meaning of living a pure life according to God and the Church. Discover how aligning thoughts, actions, and intentions with biblical principles brings us closer to God's holiness and love.
