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Chinese (traditional)Those who place their hope in the Lord
will regain their strength.
They will soar as with eagles’ wings,
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not become faint. As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts above your thoughts. Who then can separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword? For whoever finds me finds life
and receives favor from the Lord. A good man produces good from the store of goodness in his heart, whereas an evil man produces evil from the store of evil within him. For the mouth speaks from the abundance of the heart. I love you, O Lord, my strength,
O Lord, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer.
My God is my rock in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold. Brethren, we must always give thanks to God for you, and it is only right that we do so. For your faith grows ever more, and the love that all of you have for one another continues to increase. But he is to ask with faith, without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed about by the wind. You shall serve the Lord, your God. He will bless your bread and water and take away sickness from your midst. Finally, find your strength in the Lord and in his mighty power. If I give away everything to feed the poor
and hand over my body to be burned,
but do not have love,
I achieve nothing. But I will sing of your strength;
when morning dawns, I will proclaim your kindness.
For you have been my fortress,
my refuge in times of trouble. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may grow rich in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. If in speaking I use human tongues
and angelic as well,
but do not have love,
I am nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. Let those who love the Lord hate evil,
for he protects the souls of his faithful ones
and rescues them from the hand of the wicked. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vanity, but humbly regard others as better than yourselves. For we are not struggling against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, the powers, and the cosmic rulers of this present darkness, and against the spirits of evil in the heavens. This is how everyone will know
that you are my disciples:
if you love one another. The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is filled with his kindness. Love is patient;
love is charitable.
Love is not envious;
it does not have an inflated opinion of itself;
it is not filled with its own importance.
Love is never rude;
it does not seek its own advantage.
It is not prone to anger;
neither does it brood over setbacks. Love cannot result in any harm to the neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfillment of the Law. And learn to do good.
Pursue justice and rescue the oppressed;
listen to the plea of the orphan
and defend the widow. Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may show yourselves blameless and beyond reproach, children of God without spot in the midst of an evil and depraved generation, among which you shine like lights in the world as you hold fast tenaciously to the word of life. Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where they will be destroyed by moth and rust and where thieves break in and steal. Rather, store up treasure for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves cannot break in and steal. Wash yourselves and become clean;
remove your evil deeds
far from my sight.
Cease to do evil. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free man, there is no longer male or female. For all of you are one in Christ Jesus. Therefore, we love because he first loved us. O Lord, you are my God.
I will exalt you and praise your name,
for you have accomplished wonderful things,
formulated in ages past, faithful and sure. Do not worry about anything, but present your needs to God in prayer and petition, with thanksgiving. Then the peace of God, which is beyond all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. To him all the Prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name. But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them. For it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.”Next verse!With image