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Box 176 Delmar, DE 19940 Delmar, DE 19940 (302) 907-0573 E-mail: [email protected] biblestudyministriesinc.net #7 VERSES QUOTED AT BIBLE STUDY SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 2 CORINTHIANS 3:5 “Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God” 2 CORINTHIANS 9:8 “ And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed “ 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 “And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast [c]about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.” 1 CORINTHIANS 11:1 “Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.” HEBREWS 8:6 “ But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as HE IS ALSO THE MEDIATOR OF A BETTER COVENANT, which has been enacted on better promises.” GALATIANS 6:17 “ From now on let no one cause trouble for me, for I BEAR ON MY BODY THE BRAND-MARKS OF JESUS.” 2 CORINTHIANS 1:8 “ For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, THAT WE WERE BURDENED EXCESSIVELY, BEYOND OUR STRENGTH, so that we despaired even of life” 2 CORINTHIANS 1:9 “. .indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead “ 2 CORINTHIANS 1:17-22 “Therefore, I was not vacillating when I intended to do this, was I? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, so that with me there will be yes, yes and no, no at the same time? 18 But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yes and no. 19 For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silvanus and Timothy— was not yes and no, but is yes in Him. 20 For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us. “ 2 CORINTHIANS 5:9 “Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, TO BE PLEASING TO HIM.” EXODUS 34:29 “It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses’ hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that MOSES DID NOT KNOW THAT THE SKIN OF HIS FACE SHONE BECAUSE OF HIS SPEAKING WITH HIM. “ EXODUS 34:33-35 “When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face. 34 But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would take off the veil until he came out; and whenever he came out and spoke to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded, 35 the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses’ face shone. So Moses would replace the veil over his face until he went in to speak with Him.” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:15 “ But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:16-18 “. but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:13 “. .and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his FACE SO THAT THE SONS OF ISRAEL WOULD NOT LOOK INTENTLY AT THE END OF WHAT WAS FADING AWAY” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:14 “But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ.” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:15 “But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:16 “ but WHENEVER A PERSON TURNS TO THE LORD, THE VEIL IS TAKEN AWAY.” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 “ But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 “ But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:14 “But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ.” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:13 “ and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away.” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:6 “who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; FOR THE LETTER KILLS, but the Spirit gives life. “ 2 CORINTHIANS 3:14 “But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ.” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:15 “ But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart;. .” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:2 “ You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; 3 being manifested that you are a letter of Christ” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:16 “but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.” EXODUS 33:20 “ But He said, “YOU CANNOT SEE MY FACE, for no man can see Me and live!” 1 CORINTHIANS 13:12 “FOR NOW WE SEE IN A MIRROR DIMLY, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.” ROMANS 1:20 “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, HIS ETERNAL POWER AND DIVINE NATURE, HAVE BEEN CLEARLY SEEN, BEING UNDERSTOOD THROUGH WHAT HAS BEEN MADE, so that they are without excuse.” PSALM 19:1 “THE HEAVENS ARE TELLING OF THE GLORY OF GOD; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.” 2 CORINTHIANS 4:10-11 “always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that THE LIFE OF JESUS ALSO MAY BE MANIFESTED IN OUR MORTAL FLESH.” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:2-3 “ YOU ARE OUR LETTER, WRITTEN IN OUR HEARTS, KNOWN AND READ BY ALL MEN; 3 being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.” ROMANS 8:28-29 “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. 29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren” LUKE 24:27 “Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the THINGS CONCERNING HIMSELF IN ALL THE SCRIPTURES. LUKE 24:44-45 Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, THAT ALL THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN ABOUT ME IN THE LAW OF MOSES AND THE PROPHETS AND THE PSALMS MUST BE FULFILLED.” 45 THEN HE OPENED THEIR MINDS TO UNDERSTAND THE SCRIPTURES” 1 JOHN 3:2 “ Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that WHEN HE APPEARS, WE WILL BE LIKE HIM, BECAUSE WE WILL SEE HIM JUST AS HE IS.” REVELATION 22:3-4 “There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; 4 THEY WILL SEE HIS FACE, and His name will be on their foreheads.” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 “ But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” EXODUS 3:14 “God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.” 1 CORINTHIANS 15:10 “But BY THE GRACE OF GOD I AM WHAT I AM, and His grace toward me did not prove vain. .” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 “ But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” JAMES 1:24 “for once he has looked at himself and gone away, HE HAS IMMEDIATELY FORGOTTEN WHAT KIND OF PERSON HE WAS.”.
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