Relationship
Romans
8
The
Believer’s Relationship to the Holy Spirit
1
There is
therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For
the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law
of sin and death. 3 For God achieved what the law could not do
because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 so
that the righteous requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not
walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
5 For those who live according
to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those
who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the
Spirit. 6 For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of
the Spirit is life and peace, 7 because the outlook of the flesh is
hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do
so. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 You,
however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God
lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person
does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ is in you, your body is
dead because of sin, but the Spirit is your life because of righteousness. 11 Moreover
if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who
raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his
Spirit who lives in you.
12 So then, brothers and
sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the
flesh 13 (for if you live according to the flesh, you will die),
but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live. 14 For
all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. 15 For
you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you
received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16 The
Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 And
if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with
Christ)—if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.
18 For I consider that our
present sufferings cannot even be compared to the coming glory that will be
revealed to us. 19 For the creation eagerly waits for the
revelation of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to
futility—not willingly but because of God who subjected it—in hope 21 that
the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the
glorious freedom of God’s children. 22 For we know that the whole
creation groans and suffers together until now. 23 Not only this,
but we ourselves also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly
as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For
in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for
what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly
wait for it with endurance.
26 In the same way, the Spirit
helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit
himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings. 27 And he
who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit
intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will. 28 And
we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are
called according to his purpose, 29 because those whom he foreknew
he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would
be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he
predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those
he justified, he also glorified.
31 What then shall we say about
these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 Indeed,
he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not
also, along with him, freely give us all things? 33 Who will bring
any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is
the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died (and more than that, he
was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us.
35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or
distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As
it is written, “For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were
considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37 No, in all these
things we have complete victory through him who loved us! 38 For I
am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor
things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor
height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us
from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1
Corinthians 1;30
He
is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who
became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and
redemption.
1
Corinthians 7;5
Do
not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so
that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship,
so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
Ephesians
3;1-13
Paul’s
Relationship to the Divine Mystery
1
For this
reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles— 2 if
indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me
for you, 3 that by revelation the divine secret was made known to
me, as I wrote before briefly. 4 When reading this, you will be
able to understand my insight into this secret of Christ. 5 Now
this secret was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now
been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, 6 namely,
that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the
body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus. 7 I
became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God’s grace that was
given to me by the exercise of his power. 8 To me—less than the
least of all the saints—this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the
unfathomable riches of Christ 9 and to enlighten everyone about
God’s secret plan—a secret that has been hidden for ages in God who has created
all things. 10 The purpose of this enlightenment is that through
the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers
and the authorities in the heavenly realms. 11 This was according
to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in
whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ’s faithfulness.
13 For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am
suffering for you, which is your glory.
3/6/19