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Chinese (traditional)Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. How can young people keep their way pure?
By guarding it according to your word. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth. The Lord bless you and keep you;
the Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you;
the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
if you find it, you will find a future,
and your hope will not be cut off. We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. He has rescued us from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
even as we hope in you. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. He replied, “What is impossible for mortals is possible for God.” “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.” I the Lord am your God; follow my statutes, and be careful to observe my ordinances, and hallow my sabbaths that they may be a sign between me and you, so that you may know that I the Lord am your God. Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. By insolence the heedless make strife,
but wisdom is with those who take advice. If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. Keep alert, stand firm in your faith, be courageous, be strong. This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord,
and was saved from every trouble. If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Let your face shine upon your servant;
save me in your steadfast love. Rend your hearts and not your clothing.
Return to the Lord, your God,
for he is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love,
and relents from punishing. You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. Put away from you crooked speech,
and put devious talk far from you. But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation. And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. Happy are those who keep his decrees,
who seek him with their whole heart. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation.” Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of God.Next verse!With image