Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.—With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come; I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.—The gospel… is the power of God for salvation.

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.—I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.—But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

“The joy of the Lord is your strength.”—May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy.

Ephesians 6:10

The Whole Armor of God

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. (ESV)

2 Corinthians 12:9

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (ESV)

2 Corinthians 12:10

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (ESV)

Psalm 71:16

  With the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD I will come;
    I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

(ESV)

Romans 1:16

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. (ESV)

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through him who strengthens me. (ESV)

Colossians 1:29

For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me. (ESV)

2 Corinthians 4:7

Treasure in Jars of Clay

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. (ESV)

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” (ESV)

Colossians 1:11

May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, (ESV)

Jesus Christ our Lord.

“Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”—He humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth.

“Messiah… (he who is called Christ).”—“The Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives.”

The last Adam became a life-giving spirit…. The second man is from heaven.—“My Lord and my God!”—“You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.”

1 Corinthians 1:9

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (ESV)

Matthew 1:21

She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” (ESV)

Philippians 2:8-10

And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, (ESV)

John 4:25

The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.” (ESV)

Isaiah 61:1

The Year of the Lord's Favor

61   The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
    because the LORD has anointed me
  to bring good news to the poor;¹
    he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
  to proclaim liberty to the captives,
    and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;^[1] 61:1 Or afflicted
[2] 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind

Footnotes

[1] 15:45 Greek a living soul

Keep a close watch on yourself.

Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.—Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.—For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.—Practice these things, devote yourself to them, so that all may see your progress.

1 Timothy 4:16

Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers. (ESV)

1 Corinthians 9:25-27

Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control,¹ lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.

Ephesians 6:11

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. (ESV)

Ephesians 6:12

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. (ESV)

Galatians 5:24

And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. (ESV)

Galatians 5:25

If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. (ESV)

Romans 8:14

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons¹ of God.

1 Timothy 4:15

Practice these things, immerse yourself in them,¹ so that all may see your progress.

Jesus said to her, “Mary.”

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.”—“To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.”

“Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.”

But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his.”—We have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God.

“You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel…. And Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for remembrance…. You shall make a breastpiece of judgment…. You shall set in it four rows of stones…. There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel…. They shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the Lord.

John 20:16

Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,¹ “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher).

Isaiah 43:1

Israel's Only Savior

43   But now thus says the LORD,
  he who created you, O Jacob,
    he who formed you, O Israel:
  “Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
    I have called you by name, you are mine.

(ESV)

John 10:3

To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. (ESV)

John 10:4

When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. (ESV)

Isaiah 49:16

  Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
    your walls are continually before me.

(ESV)

2 Timothy 2:19

But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.” (ESV)

Hebrews 4:14

Jesus the Great High Priest

Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. (ESV)

Exodus 28:9

You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, (ESV)

Exodus 28:12

And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders for remembrance. (ESV)

Exodus 28:15

“You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, in skilled work. In the style of the ephod you shall make it—of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen shall you make it. (ESV)

Exodus 28:17

You shall set in it four rows of stones. A row of sardius,¹ topaz, and carbuncle shall be the first row;

Exodus 28:21

There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel. They shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes. (ESV)

Exodus 28:30

And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the LORD. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the LORD regularly. (ESV)

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.

“I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.”—“I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you.”

“Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.”—If the sprinkling of defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a heifer sanctifies for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his mighty power.—Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

Psalm 51:2

  Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
    and cleanse me from my sin!

(ESV)

Jeremiah 33:8

I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me. (ESV)

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. (ESV)

John 3:5

Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. (ESV)

Hebrews 9:13

For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify¹ for the purification of the flesh,

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our¹ conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Psalm 106:8

  Yet he saved them for his name's sake,
    that he might make known his mighty power.

(ESV)

Psalm 115:1

To Your Name Give Glory

115   Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory,
    for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!

(ESV)

Partnership in the gospel.

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.—That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.—When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said,… “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us.”

Philippians 1:5

because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. (ESV)

1 Corinthians 12:12

One Body with Many Members

For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. (ESV)

1 Corinthians 12:13

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves¹ or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.

1 Corinthians 1:9

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. (ESV)

1 John 1:3

that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. (ESV)

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. (ESV)

John 17:1

The High Priestly Prayer

17 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, (ESV)

John 17:20

“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, (ESV)

John 17:21

that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. (ESV)