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Chinese (traditional)May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent. Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out. He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first 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 he removes our transgressions from us. Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace among those whom he favors! Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. Let your face shine upon your servant;
save me in your steadfast love. You shall worship the Lord your God, and I 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; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. Do all things without murmuring and arguing, so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world. It is by your 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 upon it, it is gone;
for suddenly it takes wings to itself,
flying like an eagle toward heaven. Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; for 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 abandon him, he will abandon you. For the Lord loves justice;
he will not forsake his faithful ones.
The righteous shall be kept safe forever,
but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor. Do not be wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
It will be a healing for your flesh
and a refreshment for your body. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and save me for 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
my whole life long. Do not seek your own advantage, but that of the other. 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 thing 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 do not let anyone condemn you in matters of food and drink or of observing festivals, new moons, or sabbaths. These are only a shadow of what is to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. May God continue to bless us;
let all the ends of the earth revere him. Do not love the world or the things in the world. The love of the Father is not in those who love the world. Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow.