- A few of the lists of the qualities of a believer
- 2 Timothy 2:24
- Not quarrelsome
- Gentle
- Able to teach (cf, 2:2)
- Patient
- In humility correcting those in opposition
- 2 Peter 1:5 – 7
- Faith
- Virtue
- Knowledge
- Self-control
- Perseverance (patience)
- Godliness
- Brotherly kindness
- Love
- Galatians 5:22 – 23
- Love
- Joy
- Peace
- Patience
- Kindness
- Goodness
- Faithfulness
- Gentleness
- Self-control
- James 3:17 – 18
- Pure
- Peaceable
- Gentle
- Willing to yield
- Full of mercy
- Full of good fruits
- Without partiality
- Without hypocrisy
- How do we gain these qualities:
- 2 Peter 1:4 …have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature…
- 2 Corinthians 1:22 …who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
- 2 Corinthians 5:5 Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
- Ephesians 1:13 – 14 …you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the down payment of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession…