(_d_) Union with Christ secures to the believer the continuously transforming, assimilating power of Christ’s life,—first, for the soul; secondly, for the body,—consecrating it in the present, and in the future raising it up in the likeness of Christ’s glorified body. This continuous influence, so far as it is exerted in the present life, we call _Sanctification_, the human side or aspect of which is _Perseverance_. For the soul: _John 1:16_—“_of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace_”—successive and increasing measures of grace, corresponding to the soul’s successive and increasing needs; _Rom. 8:10_—“_if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness_”; _1 Cor. 15:45_—“_The last Adam became a life‐giving spirit_”; _Phil. 2:5_—“_Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus_”; _1 John 3:2_—“_if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him._” “Can Christ let the believer fall out of his hands? No, for the believer is his hands.” For the body: _1 Cor. 6:17‐20_—“_he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit ... know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you ... glorify God therefore in your body_”; _Thess. 5:23_—“_And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ_”; _Rom. 8:11_—“_shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you_”; _1 Cor. 15:49_—“_as we have borne the image of the earthy_ [man], _we shall also bear the image of the heavenly_ [man]”; _Phil. 3:20, 21_—“_For our citizenship is in heaven; from whence also we wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself._”