Graces

How Nave’s arranged it

• (Christian)Matthew 5:3–11Romans 5:3–51 Corinthians 13:1–81 Corinthians 13:13Galatians 5:22Galatians 5:232 Peter 1:5–9
• See Character
• See Charitableness
• See Courage
• See Gentleness
• See Hope
• See Kindness
• See Knowledge
• See Longsuffering
• See Love
• See Meekness
• See Patience

The passages, in Bible order (7)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 7 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Matthew 5:3–11

   “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

   ›Commentary on Matthew 5:3–112 voices

   “(Verse 3.) Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. This is what we read elsewhere: And the humble in spirit will be saved (Psalm 34:16): But lest anyone should think that poverty, which is sometimes borne out of necessity, is being preached by the Lord, he added 'in spirit,' so that you would understand it as humility, not as lack. Blessed are the poor in spirit, who are poor by choice for the sake of the Holy Spirit.

   “Blessed are the poor in spirit,.... Not the poor in purse, or who are so with respect to things temporal: for though God has chosen and called many, who are in such a condition of life, yet not all; the kingdom of heaven cannot be said to belong to them all, or only; but such as are poor in a spiritual sense.

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2. Romans 5:3–5

   Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

   ›Commentary on Romans 5:3–52 voices

   “We glory in tribulations also - Which we are so far from esteeming a mark of God's displeasure, that we receive them as tokens of his fatherly love, whereby we are prepared for a more exalted happiness. The Jews objected to the persecuted state of the Christians as inconsistent with the people of the Messiah.

   “For those who are well prepared, tribulations are like certain foods and exercises for athletes which lead the contestant on to the inheritance of glory. When we are reviled, we bless; maligned, we entreat; ill-treated, we give thanks; afflicted, we glory in our afflictions.

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3. 1 Corinthians 13:1–8

   If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.

   ›Commentary on 1 Corinthians 13:1–82 voices

   “Though I speak with all the tongues - Which are upon earth, and with the eloquence of an angel. And have not love - The love of God, and of all mankind for his sake, I am no better before God than the sounding instruments of brass, used in the worship of some of the heathen gods.

   “This Spirit, (according to the apostle's showing, ) meant not that the service of these gifts should be in the body, nor did He place them in the human body); and on the subject of the superiority of love above all these gifts, He even taught the apostle that it was the chief commandment, just as Christ has shown it to be: "Thou shalt love the Lord with all thine heart and soul, with all thy strength, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbour as thine own self.

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4. 1 Corinthians 13:13

   And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

   ›Commentary on 1 Corinthians 13:132 voices

   “If, therefore, even with respect to creation, there are some things [the knowledge of] which belongs only to God, and others which come within the range of our own knowledge, what ground is there for complaint, if, in regard to those things which we investigate in the Scriptures (which are throughout spiritual), we are able by the grace of God to explain some of them, while we must leave others in the hands of God, and that not only in the present world, but also in that which is to come, so that God should for ever teach, and man should for ever learn the things taught him by God?

   “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three,....

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5. Galatians 5:22

   But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

   ›Commentary on Galatians 5:222 voices

   “(Verse 22) But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. And what other should hold the chief place among the fruit of the Spirit, if not charity, without which the other virtues are not considered to be virtues, and from which all good things are born?

   “But the fruit of the Spirit,....

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6. Galatians 5:23

   gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

   ›Commentary on Galatians 5:232 voices

   “Long-suffering, according to Scripture, apparently differs from meekness in that the long-suffering man, after lengthy deliberation, not hastily but slowly, imposes a fitting punishment upon the sinner; whereas the meek man forgives entirely. For example, Moses, who forgave Miriam and Aaron, was called meek above …

   “Meekness,.... Humility and lowliness of mind, of which Christ is an eminent example and pattern; and which the Holy Spirit from him transcribes into the heart of a regenerate person; and lies in having mean thoughts of himself, in walking humbly with God, acknowledging every favour, being thankful for every blessing, and depending on his grace, and in behaving with modesty and humility among men. The last of the fruits of the Spirit mentioned is temperance, or "continence"; and designs both chastity and sobriety, and particularly moderation in eating and drinking.

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7. 2 Peter 1:5–9

   For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;

   ›Commentary on 2 Peter 1:5–92 voices

   “To this piety blessed Peter invites us, who was the other Apostle, in his second Canonical epistle saying: "Supply in faith virtue, in virtue knowledge, in knowledge abstinence, in abstinence patience, in patience piety, in piety brotherly love, and in brotherly love charity." What does …

   “And besides this, giving all diligence,.... "Or upon this", as the Syriac and Arabic versions read, bestow all your labour, diligence, and care; namely, on what follows, and that from the consideration of what goes before; for nothing can more strongly animate, and engage to the diligent exercise of grace and discharge of duty, than a consideration of the high favours, and free grace gifts of God, and the exceeding great and precious promises of his Gospel: add to your faith virtue; or "with your faith", so the Arabic version renders it, and the like, in the following clauses.

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