EPH. I, 5. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6. To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved. 7. In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace. GAL. V, 22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith. 23. Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. 2. CHRISTIAN HOLINESS. DEUT. XXX, 6. And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. JER. XXIV, 7. And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. JER. XXXI, 33. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel: After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. PSA. LI, 10. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. EZEK. XI, 19. And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh: 20. That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. EZEK. XXXVI, 25. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 27. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. EPH. IV, 24. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. EPH. V, 8. For ye were some time darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light. 1 THESS. V, 4. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 1 PET. II, 9. But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. LEV. XI, 45. For I am the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. LEV. XX, 7. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am the Lord your God.