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Chinese (traditional)Blessed is the one whose offense is forgiven,
whose sin is erased. Let marriage be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for those who are immoral and adulterers will have to face God’s judgment. Each person should give as much as he has decided in his heart, not with reluctance or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. During the day the Lord grants his kindness,
and at night his praise is with me,
a prayer to the living God. And the world with all its enticements
is passing away,
but whoever does the will of God
abides forever. And the one who searches hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will. I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your precepts. Whatever you do, do it wholeheartedly, as if you were doing it for the Lord and not for others, since you know that you will receive from the Lord an inheritance as your reward for you are serving the Lord Christ. They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayers. Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting,
but the woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. This is how we can be certain
that we abide in him
and that he abides in us:
he has given us a share in his Spirit. When they had finished their prayer, the place where they were gathered together shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and proclaimed the word of God fearlessly. You who abide in the shelter of the Most High,
who rest in the shadow of the Almighty,
say to the Lord, “You are my refuge and my fortress,
my God in whom I place my trust.” Let your love be sincere. Loathe what is evil and hold fast to what is good. For just as in one body we have many parts, and the parts do not all have the same function, so we, though many, make up one body in Christ, and individually we are all parts of one another. Then I came to realize that all toil and skill in work derive from one person’s envy of another. This also is vanity and a chase after the wind. Jesus then said to her,
“I am the resurrection and the life.
Whoever believes in me,
even though he dies, will live,
and everyone who lives
and believes in me
will never die.
Do you believe this?” Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Why are you so disheartened, O my soul?
Why do you sigh within me?
Place your hope in God;
for I will once again praise him,
my Savior and my God. Do not repay evil with evil or abuse with abuse. On the contrary, repay with a blessing. This is what you were called to do, so that you might inherit a blessing. Wealth hastily acquired will dwindle away,
but when amassed little by little, it will increase. Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. While he was blessing them, he departed from them and was taken up to heaven. After this, he said to the crowd, “Take care to be on your guard against all kinds of greed. Life does not depend upon an abundance of one’s possessions.” I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you already have so that no one may rob you of your crown. I sought the Lord, and he answered me;
he set me free from all my fears. Go and learn what this text means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ I have come to call not the righteous but sinners. For we will become partners with Christ only if we maintain firmly until the end the confidence we originally had. He heals the brokenhearted
and bandages their wounds. Until now, in my name,
you have not asked for anything.
Ask and you will receive,
so that your joy may be complete. Persevere in prayer, with alert minds and thankful hearts. Two are better than one:
they earn a far greater reward for their toil. As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Train a child in the way he should go,
and he will not deviate from it, even in old age.Next verse!With image