Theme: As sojourners and pilgrims, we must live carefully so that unbelieving people will be inclined to believe the gospel we preach.

Theme: In this passage, God's people are told how precious they are to Him.

Theme: Having trusted Christ as our Savior, we must 'put off' the sins He died to save us from, and lay them aside.

Theme: Jesus' resurrection has brought about for us the true, lasting, prevailing reason to "rejoice."

Theme: We are to be built together upon Jesus Christ into a holy temple unto God.