Galatians 4:19

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My children– I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you!

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  • Eph 4:13 : 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God– a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ’s full stature.
  • Rom 8:29 : 29 because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.
  • Rom 13:14 : 14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires.
  • 1 Cor 4:14-15 : 14 A Father’s Warning I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children. 15 For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
  • Num 11:11-12 : 11 And Moses said to the LORD,“Why have you afflicted your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of this entire people on me? 12 Did I conceive this entire people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me,‘Carry them in your arms, as a foster father bears a nursing child,’ to the land which you swore to their fathers?
  • Eph 4:24 : 24 and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image– in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.
  • Col 3:10 : 10 and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you.
  • Col 1:27 : 27 God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
  • Phlm 1:10 : 10 I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus,
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
  • 1 John 2:1 : 1 (My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous One,
  • 1 John 2:12 : 12 Words of Reassurance I am writing to you, little children, that your sins have been forgiven because of his name.
  • 1 John 5:21 : 21 Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
  • Rev 12:1-2 : 1 The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth.
  • Phlm 1:19 : 19 I, Paul, have written this letter with my own hand: I will repay it. I could also mention that you owe me your very self.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion.
  • Col 2:1 : 1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face.
  • Col 4:12 : 12 Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
  • 1 Tim 1:2 : 2 to Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!
  • Titus 1:4 : 4 To Titus, my genuine son in a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior!
  • Phil 1:8 : 8 For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
  • Phil 2:5 : 5 You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had,
  • Isa 53:11 : 11 Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done.“My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.
  • Luke 22:44 : 44 And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.]

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