Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord;
may your love and faithfulness always protect me.
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
“Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord.
“Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord.
As you do not know the path of the wind,
or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb,
so you cannot understand the work of God,
the Maker of all things.
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Yes, my soul, find rest in God;
my hope comes from him.
For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus.
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
Even to your old age and gray hairs
I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you.Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.Next verse!With image