29 For those he foreknew he also predestined(A) to be conformed to the image of his Son,(B) so that he would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.(C)

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18 We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at[a](A) the glory of the Lord(B) and are being transformed(C) into the same image(D) from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:18 Or are reflecting
  2. 3:18 Or from the Spirit of the Lord, or from the Lord, the Spirit

11 And he himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, to build up the body of Christ,(A) 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of God’s Son,(B) growing into maturity with a stature(C) measured by Christ’s fullness. 14 Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching,(D) by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit. 15 But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head(E)—Christ.

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