• 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…