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Chinese (traditional)May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” We love because he first loved us. As far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us. Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased! And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. Make your face shine on your servant;
save me in your steadfast love! You shall serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from among you. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life. O Lord, you are my God;
I will exalt you; I will praise your name,
for you have done wonderful things,
plans formed of old, faithful and sure. When your eyes light on it, it is gone,
for suddenly it sprouts wings,
flying like an eagle toward heaven. But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. For the Lord loves justice;
he will not forsake his saints.
They are preserved forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
It will be healing to your flesh
and refreshment to your bones. And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
forever. Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor. And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one word has failed of all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one of them has failed. How much better to get wisdom than gold!
To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. God shall bless us;
let all the ends of the earth fear him! Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.Next verse!With image