There are two ways of professing holiness — the wise and the proper way, and the ostentatious and distasteful way. Christ did not say in a b...

"But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, with...

[The Atonement] affords a basis for the salvation of such pious pagans as live up to their best light. 'They are saved through Christ t...

"The anointing which ye recieve of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you: but as his anointing teacheth you concer...

"Now he that stablisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God who also sealed us, and gave [us] the earnest of the Spirit in ...

"The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly." — 1 Tim. 1:14. Here St. Paul prefixes the super to another verb, which itself sig...

"But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." — Rom. 5:20.  Here St. Paul invents a term which he repeats in 2 Cor. 7, m...

"Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ." — 2 Cor. 2:14. The R. V. reads, "always leadeth us ...

"And they overcame him [Satan] by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony." — Rev. 12:11. The blood of atonem...

"Having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it" (the cross). — Col. 2:15. ...

"Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercessio...

"And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the comi...

"...in whom ye were also circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circu...

"Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you: and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love ...

"And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment..." (Philippians 1:9 ASV) There w...

"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, becaus...

In the higher states of Christian experience, there is a blending of prayer and praise. This is noticeable in St. Paul. If he begins with th...

"...so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God." (Ephesians 3:19 NRSV) It becomes us not to dogmatize with confiden...

"I pray that you may have the power to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth...." ...

"...and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith...." (Ephesians 3: 17 NRSV) It is instructive to note that Christ dwel...