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A new commentary for today’s world, The Story of God Bible Commentary series explains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible’s grand story. John Byron’s commentary on 1 and 2 Thessalonians offers a clear and compelling exposition of Paul’s letters, guiding everyday readers in how to creatively and faithfully live out the Bible in their own contexts. This story-centric...

together with holiness is God’s call. Twice in Deuteronomy God identifies Israel as “holy” based on their call to be his people (Deut 7:6; 14:2), and God makes it clear that their status as holy and chosen is not because of something they did, but because God loved them (7:6–8). Their status as a holy people, therefore, makes them separate and different from everyone else. Too often we think of holiness as something that we do or earn. But the biblical picture is not that way. Holiness is a status
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