CALLED CHRISTIANS" (Acts 11:26).
"For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?" (1 Cor. 3:4). "If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye… if a man suffer as a Christian, let him glorify God in this name" (1 Pet. 4:14-16, R.V.).
"Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be
NO DIVISIONS
among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ: is Christ divided (I Cor. 12: 12)? Was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in (into) the name of Paul?" (I Cor. i: 10-13). "Therefore,
GO ON UNTO PERFECTION" (Heb. 6:1).
"Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. According as his divine power hath given unto us all things (in Bible) that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue. Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this giving all diligence,
ADD TO YOUR FAITH
virtue (courage); and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance (self-control); and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness (love of brethren); and to brotherly kindness, charity (love of everybody). For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore, the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure, for if ye do these things, ye shall never fail: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" (2 Pet. 2:2-11).