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Chinese (traditional)Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you. Show me your ways, Lord,
teach me your paths. Who, being in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross! I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love. The Lord will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;
the Lord will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore. Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. But those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word. The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name. The father of a righteous child has great joy;
a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him. Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,
extol him who rides on the clouds;
rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. “Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord.
“Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord. May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. A gentle answer turns away wrath,
but a harsh word stirs up anger. He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.” Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one. Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in their guilt. Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ. If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting. Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well. You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.