Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from telling lies.
My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.
For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.
The Sovereign Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
he enables me to tread on the heights.
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children.
Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?
How can a young person stay on the path of purity?
By living according to your word.
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.Next verse!With image