The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom.
Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. In peace I will lie down and sleep,
for you alone, Lord,
make me dwell in safety. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. As water reflects the face,
so one’s life reflects the heart. And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus. You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. ‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord,
‘I will frown on you no longer,
for I am faithful,’ declares the Lord,
‘I will not be angry forever.’ And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. However, as it is written:
“What no eye has seen,
what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”—
the things God has prepared for those who love him. There is no one holy like the Lord;
there is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God;
may your good Spirit
lead me on level ground. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else. He reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what lies in darkness,
and light dwells with him. After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Since you are my rock and my fortress,
for the sake of your name lead and guide me. He declared to you his covenant, the Ten Commandments, which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are attentive to their cry.