- Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer.
- Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
- A froward man soweth strife:
and a whisperer separateth chief friends. - Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge:
but he that hateth reproof is brutish. - And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
- Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
- Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
- A soft answer turneth away wrath:
but grievous words stir up anger. - Learn to do well; seek judgment,
relieve the oppressed,
judge the fatherless,
plead for the widow. - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering.
- Excellent speech becometh not a fool:
much less do lying lips a prince. - In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
- Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving.
- Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil.
- For in much wisdom is much grief:
and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. - Blessed is he
whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered. - Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
- And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
- He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;
but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. - He must increase, but I must decrease.
- Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
- The entrance of thy words giveth light;
it giveth understanding unto the simple. - Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
- Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
- Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.
Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever;
thy throne from generation to generation.Whither shall I go from thy spirit?
or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:
if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.Next verse!With image