But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
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Interpretation
Faith unites the weak believer to Christ, as really as it does the strong one, and purifies the heart of one as truly as of another; and every sincere believer is by his faith justified in the sight of God. Faith worketh godliness, and produces effects which no other grace in the soul can do.
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This thought runs through 2 Peter 1:6-10.