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NASB | 2 Peter 3:18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Peter 3:18 but grow [spiritually mature] in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory (honor, majesty, splendor), both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. |
Subject: Grow in grace? |
Bible Note: Just a thumbnail, Mommapbs, upon the subject of "growing in grace" which is a term not entirely different, I suppose, from what we mean by the word "santification." The Bible recognizes two kinds of sanctification. There is the sanctification by which we are "set aside" [which is what sanctification means] as members of Christ's body, the church, at the time of conversion (justification, regeneration). And there is subsequent experiential sanctification as we who from the point of conversion set out on our walk with Jesus Christ, in obedience to His commands. This is the way that is marked out for us as we begin our journey as a child of the King, and is aptly expressed in the words of a familiar hymn: "Trust and obey, for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey." --Hank |