- And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.
- Very truly, I tell you, whoever receives one whom I send receives me; and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.
- Who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
as something to be exploited,
but emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to the point of death—
even death on a cross. - For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost.
- He must increase, but I must decrease.
- So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
- For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another.
- I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture.
- Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
- But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.
- He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
- If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
- Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
- For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority.
- For a child has been born for us,
a son given to us;
authority rests upon his shoulders;
and he is named
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. - Let it be known to you therefore, my brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you; by this Jesus everyone who believes is set free from all those sins from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
- And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
- If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you.
- But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ —by grace you have been saved—.
- Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
- Therefore God also highly exalted him
and gave him the name
that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth. - Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.”
- If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.
- For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain.
- He was despised and rejected by others;
a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity;
and as one from whom others hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him of no account.
We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another.For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.Next verse!With image