Grace of God

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerning Jude 1:21,24,25Genesis 15:6Genesis 20:6Deuteronomy 7:6–9Deuteronomy 9:4–6Job 10:12Job 22:2Job 22:3Psalms 94:17–19Psalms 138:3Psalms 143:11Daniel 9:18Daniel 10:18Daniel 10:19John 6:44John 6:45John 17:11John 17:12John 17:15Acts 4:29Acts 4:30
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• GROWTH INPsalms 84:7Proverbs 4:18Philippians 1:6Philippians 1:9–11Philippians 3:12–15Colossians 1:10Colossians 1:11Colossians 2:191 Thessalonians 3:101 Thessalonians 3:121 Thessalonians 3:132 Thessalonians 1:3Hebrews 6:1–31 Peter 2:1–32 Peter 3:18

The passages, in Bible order (73)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 15:6

   Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

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   And how did Abraham's progeny spread? Only through the inheritance he transmitted in virtue of faith. On this basis the faithful are assimilated to heaven, made comparable to the angels, equal to the stars. This is why he said, "So will your descendants be. And Abraham," the text says, "believed in God." What exactly did he believe? Prefiguratively he believed that Christ through the incarnation would become his heir. In order that you may know that this was what he believed, the Lord says, "Abraham saw my day and rejoiced."

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2. Genesis 20:6

   Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

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   “But what is the meaning of that which Scripture adds: "And the Lord did not permit him to touch her"? If Sarah represents virtue and Abimelech wished to receive virtue "with a pure heart," why is it said that "the Lord did not permit him to touch her"?Abimelech means "my father is king." It seems to me therefore that this Abimelech represents the studious and wise men of the world, who by giving attention to philosophy, although they do not reach the complete and perfect rule of piety, nevertheless perceive that God is the Father and King of all things.

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3. Deuteronomy 7:6–9

   For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

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   “For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God,....

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4. Deuteronomy 9:4–6

   When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

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   “I ask, what could be said more clearly against that pernicious opinion and presumption of ours, by which we want to attribute everything that we do to our free will and to our own effort? "Do not say in your heart, when the Lord your God has destroyed them in your sight: Because of my righteousness the Lord has led me in to possess this land." Did he not express himself clearly to those whose souls' eyes are open and whose ears hear?

   “Speak not thou in thine heart,....

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5. Job 10:12

   You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.

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   “Thou hast granted me life and mercy. But the Creator vouchsafes to us blessings in vain, except He Himself keep safe all whatsoever He giveth. It follows, And Thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. Now all this that we have spoken of the exterior man, in what sense it may accord with the interior man, it is well to unfold and exhibit in few words.

   “Here [Job] foreshadows the incarnation of the divine Word through the assumption of human nature. These words, in fact, appear to be addressed to the Father, as if they were said by the person [the Son] of the Lord.

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6. Job 22:2

   “Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

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   “The things that are administered by the Holy Spirit are worthy of description. Therefore, they are described, so that the reader may take advantage of the things being read.

   “Can a man be compared unto God, even when he has perfect knowledge? By comparison with God, our knowledge is ignorance, for it is by participation, and not by comparison, with God that we become imbued with wisdom. What wonder then when that is said, as if in the way of instruction, which might have been known, even if it had been kept silent?

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7. Job 22:3

   Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?

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   “Is it any profit to the Almighty that thou art righteous? or is it gain to Him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? For in all that we do well, we are doing good to ourselves and not to God. And hence by the Psalmist it is said, O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my God, seeing that Thou needest not my goods.

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8. Psalms 84:7

   They go from strength to strength, until each appears before God in Zion.

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   “In the valley of tears, in the place which he has set. We read in the book of Judges, when the angel came and preached repentance to the people, saying, You have forsaken the Lord, and the Lord will forsake you; and when the people heard this they wept, and that place was called the Valley of Tears. We have recalled the old history, so that we might flee heresy. But by the valley of tears we can understand, spiritually, this present age.

   “The Old Testament proclaimed the Father openly and the Son more obscurely. The New [Testament] manifested the Son and suggested the deity of the Spirit. Now the Spirit dwells among us and supplies us with a clearer demonstration of himself.

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9. Psalms 94:17–19

   Unless the LORD had been my helper, I would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.

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   "Unless the Lord had helped me, my soul had almost dwelt in hell." For this reason, O Lord, I rise again, because you were among the dead and rose again. My soul would have been held fast among the dead, if your soul had not risen again from the dead.

   “Unless the Lord had been my help,....

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10. Psalms 138:3

    On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.

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    “You will multiply strength in my soul. You will multiply: that is, that the soul is subject to many anxieties.

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11. Psalms 143:11

    For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

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    “Quicken me, O Lord, for thy name's sake,....

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12. Proverbs 4:18

    The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

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    “He therefore who keeps away from all bitterness and all the noisome effluvia of the flesh, and raises himself on the aforesaid wings above all low earthly ambitions, or, more than that, above the whole universe itself, will be the man to find that which is alone worth loving, and to become himself as beautiful as the Beauty which he has touched and entered, and to be made bright and luminous himself in the communion of the real Light.

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13. Daniel 9:18

    Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.

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    “Verse 18. "For Thine own sake, O my God, incline Thine ear and hear; open Thine eyes and behold our desolation..." This appeal is couched in anthropomorphic language (anthropopathos), with the implication that whenever our prayers are heard, God seems to incline His ear; and whenever God deigns to have regard to us, He appears to open His eyes; but whenever He turns His face away, we appear to be unworthy of attention either from His eyes or His ears.

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14. Daniel 10:18

    Again the one with the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me.

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    "And he came close," he says, "and he touched me as an appearance of a man and he strengthened me and he said to me, 'Do not fear cherished man. Peace to you, be strong like a man.'" [Daniel 10:18-19] For when all the strength and glory of our life is ended, then we are empowered by the outstretched hand of Christ, who also raises us as the living from the dead and as from Hades to the resurrection of life.

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15. Daniel 10:19

    “Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious,” he said. “Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!” As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, for you have strengthened me.”

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    Verse 19. "And as he spoke with me, I recovered strength and said, 'Speak, my Lord, for thou hast reassured me' And he said..." For unless the angel had reassured him by touching him like a son of man, so that his heart was freed of terror, he would not have been able to hearken to God's secrets. For that reason he now says, "Speak, for thou hast reassured me; for thou hast enabled me both to hear and understand what thou sayest."

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16. John 6:44

    “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

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    “And you say that the Son of God is subject by reason of weakness—the Son, to whom the Father brings men and women that he may raise them up in the last day. Does this seem in your eyes to be subjection where the kingdom is prepared for the Father and the Father brings it to the Son? There is no place for perversion of words since the Son gives the kingdom to the Father and none is preferred before him.

    “No man can come to me,....

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