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Chinese (traditional)He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. For those who find me find life
and receive favor from the Lord. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?”
For it is not wise to ask such questions. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.” But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,
but fools are consumed by their own lips. The one who gets wisdom loves life;
the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’ May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure. 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. Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;
in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress. Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. All my longings lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you. Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
and have no compassion on the child she has borne?
Though she may forget,
I will not forget you!
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are ever before me. Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Who is he, this King of glory?
The Lord Almighty—
he is the King of glory. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.Next verse!With image