- See, the enemy is puffed up;
his desires are not upright—
but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness. - 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.”
- His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
- For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.
- For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
- For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
- Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.
- Let the wicked forsake their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon. - Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.
- For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
- This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.
- What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?
- For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.
- In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
- Keep his decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the Lord your God gives you for all time.
- Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
- He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
- Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!
- Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.”
- Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- Let us examine our ways and test them,
and let us return to the Lord. - I will sing to the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. - And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
- But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
- Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign Lord. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn his face from you if you return to him. For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.Next verse!With image 
