The Lord detests lying lips,
but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Truly he is my rock and my salvation;
he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.
But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.
All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had.
The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;
they imagine it a wall too high to scale.
If you love me, keep my commands.
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.The Lord detests lying lips,
but he delights in people who are trustworthy. And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.Next verse!With image