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Chinese (traditional)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. God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, but now he commands people everywhere to repent. Anyone who leads an honorable life walks in safety,
but whoever pursues wicked ways will be found out. Then he sat down, summoned the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, he must become the last of all and the servant of all.” Therefore, we love because he first loved us. As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to all those on whom his favor rests. Joseph therefore went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David. He went to be registered together with Mary, his betrothed, who was expecting a child. Let your face shine upon your servant;
save me in your kindness. You shall serve the Lord, your God. He will bless your bread and water and take away sickness from your midst. Let the word of Christ with all its richness dwell in you. Teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God with gratitude in your hearts. I will offer praise to you, O Lord,
with my whole heart;
I will recount all your wondrous deeds. 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. 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. When you fix your gaze upon it,
it is gone before you realize it.
For it suddenly sprouts wings
and flies up to the sky like an eagle. He who called you is holy. Therefore, be holy yourselves in all your conduct. For Scripture says, “Be holy, for I am holy.” The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will permit you to find him, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you. For the Lord loves the just,
and he will not forsake his faithful ones.
Those who follow evil paths will be destroyed,
and the children of the wicked will be cut off. 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. If anyone wishes to serve me,
he must follow me.
Where I am,
there also will my servant be.
If anyone serves me,
my Father will honor that person. Do not pride yourself on your own wisdom;
fear the Lord and turn your back on evil.
This will provide healing for your flesh
and restore strength to your body. Then it will come to pass
that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen. Only goodness and kindness will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever and ever. No one should seek his own advantage in preference to that of his neighbor. I am now about to go the way of all upon the earth. You know very well in your hearts and your souls that not one of the good things that the Lord, your God, promised you has failed to take place. Every promise has been fulfilled, not one of them has been broken. It is better to acquire wisdom rather than gold,
and more desirable to acquire understanding rather than silver. For us there is
one God, the Father,
from whom all things are
and for whom we exist,
and one Lord, Jesus Christ,
through whom all things are
and through whom we exist. Therefore, do not allow anyone to pass judgment on you in regard to what you eat or drink, or about the observance of Festivals, New Moons, or Sabbaths. These are only a shadow of what is to come. The reality is Christ. May God continue to bless us
and be revered to the ends of the earth. Do not love the world
or what is in the world.
If anyone does love the world,
the love of the Father is not in him. Do not be deceived; God cannot be mocked. A person will reap only what he sows. For I, the Lord, am your God
and I grasp your right hand.
It is I who say to you,
Do not fear; I will help you.Next verse!With image