And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ--to the glory and praise of God.
that your love
1 Thessalonians 3:12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.
may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight
Ephesians 1:17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
2 Thessalonians 1:3 We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have for one another is increasing.
Colossians 1:9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you, We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, ...
and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ
Philippians 1:6 ... being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 1:8 He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
filled with the fruit of righteousness
James 3:18 Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
Hebrews 12:11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
to the glory and praise of God
Ephesians 1:6 ... to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
Ephesians 1:14 ... who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory.
NOTES:
Day of Christ - Romans 14:10, 12
Fruit of righteousness - Matthew 5:20-48; Galatians 5:22-23
Glory and praise of God - Ephesians 1:12
Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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