“man was and is created for true obedience and owes that obedience to God … . he who lives in obedience, the life of the new man, is Christ’s brother and God’s child … there the second birth takes place about which Christ says: for unless you are born again and thus renewed you will not come into the kingdom of God.” - theologia germanica, martin luther
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“love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. love never fails.” - 1 corinthians 13:7-8
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