Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke?
Blessed are those who find wisdom,
those who gain understanding.
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;
he heard my cry for mercy.
Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.
Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,
but righteousness delivers from death.
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is.
The Lord will rescue his servants;
no one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.
Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair—every good path.
Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”
Before the mountains were born
or you brought forth the whole world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. How can a young person stay on the path of purity?
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