John 1:14
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14 And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth.(A)
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Ephesians 4:7
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7 Yet grace (God’s unmerited favor) was given to each of us individually [not indiscriminately, but in different ways] in proportion to the measure of Christ’s [rich and bounteous] gift.
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2 Peter 1:2
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2 May grace (God’s favor) and peace (which is [a]perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity, and [b]freedom from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full, personal, [c]precise, and correct] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
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- 2 Peter 1:2 Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Holy Bible.
- 2 Peter 1:2 Webster’s New International Dictionary offers this as a definition of “peace.”
- 2 Peter 1:2 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament.
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