Glory-worthy

As we have said before, God PROOFS the faith into man, i.e., he tempers that faith in his heart; he also PROVES this tempered faith in man in combat that it is reliable, trustworthy and glory-worthy; and he APPROVES a man in his victory by the faith with a prize — a crown —the crown of life.

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For those who have glory-worthy goods, the temptation is sliding from real striving after virtue into living off their past reputation.

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In what follows, I will argue that this focus overlooks a whole range of familiar cases that arise from a sense of “glory-neediness” rather than a self that feels “glory-worthy.”

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