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Short answer: Attrition from combat, disease, desertion, and political promotion was the most common means of advancement, or a least an opportunity to increase rank. Nowhere is time-in-rank expressed as a qualification. There are a number of examples during the war of individuals who enlisted as privates or NCOs quickly being elevated to commissions as officers in the volunteer forces, especially in cases of election by their fellows.The organization of both the Federal and Confederate armies was based upon the division of the available number of infantry soldiers into manageable tactical units. The Confederate Army's system of using four grades of general officers is currently the same rank structure adopted by the U.S. Army shortly after the end of the Civil War.The military leaders on both sides in the Civil War generally shared the same knowledge of military discipline, strategic dogma, and organizational experience. Of course there was the effect of the US Military Academy at West Point (est. 1802), but after the Nullification Crisis of 1832, in particular, an unbridled martial spirit was abroad in the South, and its military schools (VMI, the Citadel, etc.) were considered valuable regional assets. Military preparations to resist anticipated federal encroachment were initiated by many states. Military education was a well considered alternative to academia for the sons of southern families in the decades before the war.By 1860, nearly one hundred military colleges and academies had opened their doors in the slave states, compared to just fifteen in the free states. These southern schools were intended to provide for competent militia officers, engineers, and teachers of military science. In military colleges, rank and authority within the corps of cadets rested on experience and past achievement, not social class or family. In military service, a rigid caste system (officer, NCO, enlisted) prevailed and formed the basis of all personal relationships. They proved to be the South’s greatest source of officers in 1861.Nonetheless, it was important to make sense of all these local and state ranking to form a “national” army. A clerk in the Confederate War Office, John Beauchamp Jones, wrote in April 1861: "A great many separate companies are accepted [for enlistment] . . . provided they have arms. . . . What a deal of annoyance and labor it will be to organize these into battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions. And then comes the appointment of staff and field officers." He continued on this topic of concern: “Seeing that eight-tenths of the letters received are merely applications for commissions in the regular army—an organization without men—and none being granted from civil life, I employed myself writing certain articles for the press, hoping by this means to relieve … the useless and painful labor of dictating negative replies to numberless communications.”Let me strongly suggest the following book on this and other topics of interest available on Kindle:A Rebel war clerk's diary at the Confederate States capital: Jones, J. B. (John Beauchamp): 9781113168573: Amazon.com: BooksRegiments were often raised geographically with all or almost all of the men and officers coming from the same community. The commanding officer of the regiment was its colonel. While many of these men were political appointees, a great number were active leaders on the field of battle. In the absence of losses among the officers due to battle or disease, the lieutenant colonel was the second-in-command and was in charge of preparing the troops for battle in terms of drill. A major–a headquarters staff officer rank whose responsibilities were still being developed during the Civil War–usually tended to the regimental paperwork and dealt with the commissary. Captains commanded individual companies through a network of subalterns (lieutenants) and NCOs. The regiment might also have a chaplain, a surgeon, a quartermaster, and a number of assistants.The brigade, commanded by a brigadier general, was the smallest practical tactical unit. Brigades were assigned to divisions, divisions to corps, and corps to armies. Regiments from the same geographical area were often brigaded together to achieve a greater feeling of unity and to maintain the fiction of state control. The brigade's several regiments tended to serve together through many campaigns, although their number varied somewhat depending on their individual strength. As few veteran regiments were ever brought up to strength, it is difficult to determine the numbers of soldiers in a brigade by simply counting the regiments on each side. Many Brigadiers at the end of the war commanded a number of troops in a brigade that would not have been a good sized regiment at its commencement.Professional and white-collar occupations made up the largest portion of those who served as officers. Professional men included lawyers, physicians, clergymen, engineers, professors, and army and navy officers. The "white-collar" category is somewhat obscured, as it is distinguished from the professional class more by degree than by any other characteristic, and many men often crossed the line between the two. These included bankers, merchants, manufacturers, journalists, clerks, bookkeepers, and schoolteachers.The Confederate Army was in many ways the U.S. Army, as Jefferson Davis thought it should have worked. Aside from recognizing two extra grades of rank, there were few substantive differences. There were more than 1,300 officers who were known as "General" in the Federal organization but who gained that distinction through brevet promotions. The South did not issue Brevet ranks.Nonetheless, the Confederate Army was composed of three parts; the Army of the Confederate States of America (ACSA, intended to be the permanent, regular army), the Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS, or "volunteer" Army, to be disbanded after hostilities), and the various Southern state militias.In 1863 the Confederate Congress passed an Act that required they had to confirm all Commissions to General. All five living full Generals were re-nominated by Jefferson Davis and accepted by Congress. After this, Davis had the power to appoint Generals, but each appointment was temporary until confirmed by Congress. Almost 8 percent of the federal generals and 2 percent of the Confederate generals were foreign born.The planter aristocracy was sorely tested, and in many cases their social and financial prominence did not meet the challenge. Although wealth and social position maintained their hold on the structure of Southern society, the military created new avenues to prominence. Many aristocratic families lost scions to the fates of battle, while many of the masters of plantations proved unfortunate choices as military leaders. Graduates from West Point and Mexican War veterans were highly sought after by Jefferson Davis for military service, especially as general officers.Of all the soldiers that served in the war, it has been estimated that between 30 percent and 40 percent were Confederates, yet a reliable figure for their absolute number can not be obtained because records for the western armies are lacking. Between 1 and 1.5 million men may have served in the Rebel army. In contrast, the records of the United States Government, which are much more complete and reliable, show that federal forces numbered precisely 2.2 million men. Approximately three-quarters of each opposing force was composed of infantry, with cavalry making up 15 percent and artillery about 7 percent. The remaining portion was composed of engineers, medical personnel, teamsters, and other ancillary personnel. About 10 percent of each army served as officers.Initially the Confederate Army commissioned only brigadier generals in both the volunteer and regular services. Later it allowed for the appointment of Major Generals as well as Generals, thus providing clear and distinct seniority over the existing general ranks in the various state militias. As of September 18, 1862, when Lieutenant Generals were authorized, the Confederate Army had four grades of general officers; they were (in order of increasing rank) Brigadier, Major General, Lt. General, and full General. Seniority often strained the relationship between commanders.Brigadier Generals were most often infantry or cavalry brigade commanders, aides to other higher-ranking officers, or War Department staff officers. Major Generals were most commonly infantry division commanders, aides to other higher-ranking generals, or War Department staff officers. Lieutenant Generals in the Confederate Army were often corps commanders within armies or military department heads, in charge of geographic sections and all the soldiers within those boundaries. These ranks were not necessarily synonymous with the Federal use, but there was a great deal of overlap. Originally five officers in the South were appointed to the rank of full General, and only two more would follow. These generals occupied the senior posts in the Confederate Army, mostly entire armies or military department commands, or posts as advisers to Jefferson Davis.The position of General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States was created on January 23, 1865. The only officer appointed to it was Gen. Robert E. Lee, who served only two months in the rank from February 6 until April 12 of that year. The CSA lost more general officers killed in combat than the Union Army did throughout the war, in the ratio of about 5-to-1 for the South compared to roughly 12-to-1 in the North.The average age of the men at enlistment in the federal army was just under twenty-six. Yet a 27 year-old Michigan man, who was among the first to rush to volunteer in the heady days of 1862, found that he was a half dozen years older than most of his fellows. One study of a million Federal enlistments turned up only 16,000 as old as forty-four, and only 46,000 of twenty-five or more, but this includes less than half of the recruits to the Federal cause. According to other authorities, the Union armies were made up like this: 30 per cent of men under twenty-one; 30 per cent from twenty-one to twenty-four; 30 per cent from twenty-five to thirty; 10 per cent over thirty.The Confederates averaged just over twenty-six years, a remarkable agreement with the average federal figure when the traditional view of the Rebels is of an army composed of old men and young boys.See:Daily Life in Civil War America, 2nd Edition: Dorothy Denneen Volo, James M. Volo: 9780313366031: Amazon.com: Books

Let me tell you that, first, two men have felony convictions (at least one, that is — from me; I can’t attest to what was there before or after me) for this kind of behavior.That means I filed criminal charges against them. The police agreed to write them up; the district attorney agreed to prosecute them; they were indicted by a grand jury; they were arrested and arraigned; they either made a plea bargain and pled guilty or lost at trial.One of those guys got stuck doing drugs; he absconded from his probation and ended up doing a year in the state penitentiary. When he got out, I wondered if he was going to try to kill me or be mad at me. Actually, he got in touch with me to say he was sorry I pressed charges against him, but also, he wanted to work to pay me off. — He was sorry.In Texas, you can try to recover money owed to you and damages through restitution ordered by a judge as part of a criminal proceeding and the punishment phase for the defendant, who pled or was found guilty. — They need to get probation, though! — If they go to prison, you lose your ability to get restitution. — Bizarre, right!?Then, you are able only to sue them in a civil court. — Which, in general, sucks. — If they are broke as a joke, having people replenish their commissary accounts with quarters (look it up), what do you really expect? — You’ll spend some money and muddy up their credit reports, which probably weren’t good to begin with.Sometimes, the way you have done business (i.e., you have provided credit to these customers; you never expected prepayment or COD payment) disallows you from prosecuting them criminally. — That is Swahili for the district attorney won’t be your attorney for you in those matters. — You might be able to do it, but — in general — you’re on your own.So, you end up in civil court. You need to file a lawsuit.I’m going to assume that you are not Microsoft and they are not Amazon. — We’re just going to assume that you can do this in small claims court, and you don’t really need an attorney; you can represent yourself.I’ve used this to entice people who’ve stopped talking to me to come back to the negotiating table; to get their attention. — Nothing quite gets your attention like the local constable knocking on your door to give you a letter that says, “You are sued!”I can best do this by example.Once, I had a guy I’d been doing business with for years. He was usually calling me because he was doing business with a big company nearby. Not always; sometimes, he was doing smaller jobs somewhere else, but usually, what I was providing him ended up being the property of a company worth hundreds of millions of dollars, so I knew I always had recourse to go to them. — Not only for that reason, but it helped — I was willing to do business with him on credit.Then, finally, for some reason, he didn’t pay within 30 days. I called him, and he said that he had some cash flow problems, and asked if I could let him pay a month later than usual? — Sure. — He was a good customer, and this was his first strike, so no big deal.The next month, when he didn’t pay, when I called him, he was very upset with me. — He didn’t remember owing me anything. — I called him again the next month, and he said he’d already paid me.I sent him a demand letter after he was no longer taking my calls.Finally, after almost a year had passed, I went up to the courthouse and filed an out-of-county smalls claims suit against him, and when he was served, his wife called me back.She said that she was very sorry; her husband was not acting like himself. She didn’t even know that he had this debt, but that they had many other debts then, because he’d been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer about a year before.Ding ding ding.—I told his wife that I was very sorry, and that, in his case, I would consult my boss to see if we could cut him any deal.I did check with my boss, and he presented a good argument that the man had known that he sick when he ordered from me; that he had gotten paid from his customer, and so it would have been different if he’d come to us first. — As it stood, he’d purposefully misled and stolen from us, so he suggested I collect the money.I called his wife back — she’d given me her number so as to deal with the issue in the future — and told her that I’d waive all late fees and interest fees on the debt if she would just pay us the original amount; I’d treat almost-a-year-ago, as if it were today, if she’d just pay what was owed.Given that she did that in time, I would give the judge a motion to dismiss the case, and he probably would. Her husband would not be required to come to court in a different county.You don’t need a judge’s approval to file a lawsuit; you cannot just dismiss it on your own, though. — These can be dismissed with prejudice, meaning you can’t re-file them, so whether the dismissal is with prejudice, or without, is up to the judge.About two weeks later, she came up with a certified check for the amount owed, and I made a motion that the case be dropped as the controversy was over. The judge ruled in our favor, and it was done.You sue to get people talking to you again. — As a small business, this is why you do it.My last example is about a customer who was of much more consequence to me than the last. Over the years, he’d done ten times the amount of business as the last, and I expected that to continue; I wanted that to continue.He was a well-respected man; he was high up in his religious order — more than just a pastor. — He made a very foolish, costly mistake in our business.He ordered $6,000 worth of perishable materials, to be delivered to his customer’s job site, without first checking with his customer that he was cleared to do his work that day.On my end, we started the day early. As always, I called him and made sure that he was still a go for the order, and he said send it on; I’m on my way there now.The first of three back-to-back deliveries arrived there, actually, before he got there. The truck tried to enter the job site, and his customer forbade it.By the time the second (and then, the third) truck(s) got there, he was on-site. — He was figuring out what the problem was, and — figuring out that he had made a big mistake. — $6,000 worth of you-can’t-return materials were sitting on the street waiting on him, and there was no way that his customer was going to let him on that job site.By not being there before he gave the go-ahead for me to do my stuff, he’d just lost $6,000 within the first fifteen minutes of his day. — He should’ve just stayed in bed.—The lead driver called me to tell me what was going on, so I called him, and I told him that I understood he was having some problems, and that we would stay for a while if he needed some extra time to convince his customer, because he would have to pay for the materials regardless of whether we delivered them on that job site. — If he had a different job site he could use them on, then we would try to accommodate him and take them to a different one.He said, “No, just send them back to the plant!”I called the lead driver back and told him to make sure (and to tell the other drivers to make sure) that he/they got the customer to sign the load tickets.When the drivers got back to the plant, I was told that the customer had driven off in a hurry before signing any of the load tickets.I called the customer back, and he said not to worry; he was just angry at the situation and it wasn’t our fault; he would honor the arrangement.I asked him when he would be in to pay? — And, that’s how it began.—The next time I called him, he said he would be in soon. — Two weeks passed, and he had not come in.I called him again, and he took my call long enough to tell me that he wasn’t going to pay.After that, he did not accept or return my phone calls.I sent him a demand letter with return receipt. — He received it; said nothing.Here we are again. — Time to go to the courthouse.—When the constable served him, surprisingly (not), he called me and asked if we could work out a payment arrangement. — Like I said before, this is why you do the lawsuit.This time, though, the period of time he was requesting to be the duration of the payment arrangement was — well, he would not have it paid off before the trial date. — When you file a lawsuit, the court is just waiting for service on the defendant/respondent before they set a trial date.I either had to motion the court to dismiss without prejudice, and hope that he abided by the payment arrangement faithfully; or, perhaps, I could ask the court to continue the case for an extra month. — There is trouble in that.I called and spoke with the judge, and he told me that continuances were something you did before a trial date was set. — I told him that the defendant and I were in agreement, and that I would appreciate if he would look over my motion. — He gave no guarantees.—I had the customer come in to the office and sign a payment arrangement that obligated him to repay us for the costs of filing the lawsuit; it had an interest provision; and, he had to make a one-third down payment.If he paid off the debt by the due date on the payment arrangement, I agreed not to charge him the interest charges and to motion to dismiss the lawsuit against him immediately.This is the quid pro quo of contractual agreements; both people get something. — We got our money plus costs; he got forgiveness of interest that we could’ve gotten, and he didn’t have to go to court. Or, at least, I would do my best to prevent it.He signed the payment arrangement and made the down payment. I told him that it would be more persuasive if both of us signed the motion to continue the trial to a later date. — He signed that.I then faxed over the signed and witness payment arrangement; the check he’d written me; and, our mutual correspondence that we wished the court to continue the trial to a later date. — These were all supplementary evidence to a formal motion for continuance made by me.It was to show that I was not trying to waste the court’s time; that I was doing something to mediate the matter to keep it out of court; and, that both parties were in agreement that we should stay out of court for the moment.The judge granted it. — The customer paid off his payment arrangement within the time required. — When he did, I faxed over a motion to dismiss, which the judge granted.And, before the customer left, after making that final payment, he asked, “Do you think I can get some more tomorrow?”I said, yes. — Our business relationship was not harmed by the collection process, even though it involved me suing him. — He knew he was wrong, and everything was fine.In small business, you sue someone to get them back talking to you.

“The highest sort of Christian brotherly love—love, that is, in its fulness and truth—can only find reciprocity in the same atmosphere of Christ, on the same basis, and in the same characteristics.”{3} “The ground of the Apostle’s love for the lady and her family was that they cleave to the truth.”{4} These two admonitions sum up the core and substance of this letter. As is typical of virtually all the epistles in the New Testament: hanging on the to teaching of the Apostle and dismissing the false teaching by those who come after them was a constant concern. John was very proud of her and her children’s spiritual progress; and was looking forward to the day when he could continue his protégée’s education in the Lord.* Elect Lady and Her Children *{1} The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us forever. Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.(2 John 1)* Commentary *{2} The reality and names of the two women John mentions in his brief epistle—“The elect lady”, and “thy elect sister”, it should be notes that the Bible was written by plain men for plain people, that they might understand it in the most common-sense way, the explicit language John uses implies that the woman he addressed was prominent in the vicinity of Ephesus, and being of a most worthy Christian character, she was worthy to receive an exhortatory epistle from him. We concur with the statement of Dean Farrar in his commentary—I take the letter in its natural sense, as having been addressed to a Christian lady and her children. Some of the children the Apostle seems to have met in one of his visits of supervision of the churches of Asia. They may have been on a visit to some of their cousins in a neighboring city.This is by no means an unscriptural term. It occurs four times[1], and the plural, “ladies” appears twice[2]; and is a word implying a higher grade of a woman—one possessing more dignity than others. Ladies means “princesses.” A bad woman is one having proprietary rights, rule or authority—the feminine correlative of “lord.” This is why the Roman Catholic Church refers to the Virgin Mary as “Our Lady.” In Britain, a lady is the wife of one who has received a title or honor from the Crown, or a woman of social distinction or position—the correlative of gentleman. The word John uses for “lady” is kuria, and as Bengel the commentator expresses it, “A title so lofty as kuria was rarely used even to queens.” The margin of the RV turns Kuria into a proper name, “Kyria” or “Cyria,” in use in John’s day.Paul uses “elect” in the same way when he speaks of Rufus, “chosen in the Lord”[3]. Not only was the lady elect in the sense of being of excellent character, but also as being with her children and her sister elect or chosen of God according to His eternal purpose, to the inheritance, incorruptible and undefiled that fadeth not away. Probably this elect lady was a convert of John’s ministry and through him had come to know what it was to repose by faith in the bosom of the Father, and in this epistle standing “as a tall, white, graceful monument, erected to her memory, John extols her for her devotion to the One in whom she was safe and secure.”It is evident that she was well-known to the Apostle John, who most likely had been graciously entertained in her spacious home. As no husband is mentioned she was probably a rich widow with ample means to care for the saints of God who came her way. All around her, those who knew the truth shared John’s expressed hope that he might have the joy of visiting the lady’s home again to share with her the glorious truths he had discovered. It was because she was given to hospitality that John forewarned her about welcoming false teachers.The elect lady, bearing her divine commission in her looks, not only had a countenance radiating an inner peace as one in Christ, but also a sweet influence upon those around. Her children, following her faith, walked in the truth, and because of pious witness and their godly conversation, were praised by John for their walk in love, walk circumspectly and worthily of their vocation. The Apostle knew that the correct Christian walk and witness came as the result of early training in truth and in love. No wonder John warmly congratulated the godly mother for having children proving their adherence to the Word of God by their daily conduct. They not only believed the truth but also walked in it.Further, this elect lady was highly privileged to have the veteran apostle, who called himself, “the elder” or “aged man” as her guide in spiritual matters, not only instructing her in the many facets of truth but also warning her against the nature and evil work of false prophets in sheep’s clothing. Safeguarding her against the peril of these deceivers who were guilty of deception, both of heart and life, John did not mince his words. These commissaries of an anti-Christ were not only guilty of intellectual errors, but also of leading people astray in conduct. Their wrong thinking resulted in wrong living, and thus their whole influence was anti-Christian[4].Their manifest error was related to the fact and reality of Christ’s Incarnation. They denied that Christ had come as God manifest in flesh—which truth is the heart of Christianity. Of all errors Satan is responsible for, this is the most destructive. The crucial test of the orthodoxy of any person is the place he or she gives to Jesus Christ in the economy of God. So John urged the lady and her children not to be led away but, to guard themselves in a twofold way:• First, by taking care not to lose what they already possessed.• Second, by the shunning of error have the satisfaction of a full reward.Because of their stability and firmness in the truth there was the present reward of an inner peace passing all understanding, and beyond the witness on earth, the overcomer’s reward[5].In somewhat harsh language for John, the Apostle of Love, to use, he told the lady that as a sincere Christian she must not stretch out the hand of fellowship to deceivers, or entertain them in her home. Their presence would be dangerous in the family circle[6]. The Roman Church, regarding herself as the “lady,” seized upon this passage about the exclusion of those notable for their evil doctrine and deeds, to pronounce their anathemas, excommunications, and cruel inquisitions.{3} These are no terms of ordinary politeness, which the Apostle does not forbid, but terms of close Christian intimacy and spiritual communion, the deliberate cultivation of personal acquaintance, fraternal intercourse. The highest sort of Christian brotherly love—love, that is, in its fulness and truth—can only find reciprocity in the same atmosphere of Christ, on the same basis, and in the same characteristics[7].{4} To accommodate those who deprave the doctrine of Christ injures our own orthodox witness. To bid them Godspeed is to be a partaker of their corrupt deeds. Thus, John warns the matron that the only safeguard against terror is the ever-expanding knowledge of the truth, and obedience to it. The ground of the Apostle’s love for the lady and her family was that they cleave to the truth. “Truth” occurs 5 times; “Commandment,” 4 times; and “Doctrine,” three, and so making the whole truth of God as our home[8] “abideth in the doctrine” is the adequate provision against all error.We have every confidence that the elect lady valued the spiritual advice of her aged friend and teacher and followed his practical counsel of keeping close to Christ by keeping close to His truth. How appropriate and necessary is the apostolic exhortation for the saints in our own apostate age! Alone on the Patmos isle, John, the old man, thinks of his dear friend at Ephesus, and thinks of all the blessed seasons of fellowship he had had in her lovely Christian home, and taking his pen sent the elect lady an expression so full of tenderness: “I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.” John’s heart was full of things to write about, but he hopes for a time of unlimited conversation, and to experience the deep satisfaction of the interchange of spiritual thoughts and aspirations and experiences, writing materials were not able to supply.Living near the elect lady’s sister, John would tell her of his letter, and so includes her family’s best wishes, just as we express our love and greetings when we send a letter to a loved one away from us. Thus, “in transmitting this familiar message, John had a most instructive finish to what is throughout a beautiful picture.”Elect Lady - All the Women of the Bible - Bible Gateway[1] Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. And thou saidst, I shall be a lady forever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth. Now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. (Isaiah 47:5, 7; 2 John 1, 5)[2] Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself. Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. (Judges 5:29; Esther 1:18)[3] Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. (Romans 16:13; 1 Peter 1:1, 2)[4] These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. (1 John 2:26)[5] He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. (Revelation 2:7, 11, 17)[6] For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts. (2 Timothy 3:6)[7] What agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. (2 Corinthians 6:16)[8] Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. (2 John 1:9)