- And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors. - For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
- For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
- Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
- Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
- Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
- But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
- May your unfailing love be with us, Lord,
even as we put our hope in you. - Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom. - So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.
- In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
- But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.
- The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
- Restore us, Lord God Almighty;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved. - For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
- Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
- For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
- No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
- What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
- Lord, save us!
Lord, grant us success!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
From the house of the Lord we bless you. - For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.
- For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
Bible verse of the day
To do what is right and justis more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.