- Therefore, we love because he first loved us.
- Just as the living Father sent me
and I have life because of the Father,
so whoever feeds upon me will live because of me. - God gave the midwives numerous families because they had feared God.
- I love the Lord because he has heard my voice
and listened to my cry for mercy,
because he has inclined his ear to me
on the day when I called out to him. - Cast all your anxiety on him, because he cares about you.
- O Lord, you grant peace to those who are steadfast
because of their trust in you. - What then? Should we sin because we are not under the Law but under grace? Of course not!
- Whoever does not love
does not know God,
because God is love. - Then Jesus said to him,
“You have come to believe
because you have seen me.
Blessed are those who have not seen
and yet have come to believe.” - Two are better than one:
they earn a far greater reward for their toil. - Not because of any righteous deeds on our part
but because of his mercy,
he saved us through the bath of rebirth
and renewal by the Holy Spirit. - As for me, I trust in your kindness;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will sing to the Lord
because he has been good to me. - Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
but to your name give glory
because of your kindness and faithfulness. - Such hope will not be doomed to disappointment, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
- Wait quietly for the Lord
and be patient until he comes.
Do not fret over the man who prospers
because of his evil schemes. - This, in fact, is what you have been called to do, because Christ himself suffered for you and left an example for you to follow in his footsteps.
- And the one who searches hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.
- You want something that you cannot have, so you commit murder. And you covet something but cannot obtain it, so you engage in quarrels and fights. You do not have because you do not ask.
- Because in my eyes you are precious,
because you are honored and I love you,
I will give people in exchange for you
and nations in return for your life. - Amen, amen, I say to you,
the one who believes in me
will also do the works that I do,
and indeed will do even greater ones than these,
because I am going to the Father. - Because the sentence for committing an evil act is not carried out quickly, people’s hearts are prone to act wickedly.
- You have already been cleansed
by the word I have spoken to you. - I keep the Lord always before me,
for with him at my right hand
I will never fall. - God blessed the seventh day and he consecrated it, for on it he rested from all the work he had done when he created all things.
- This is how we can be certain
that we abide in him
and that he abides in us:
he has given us a share in his Spirit.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned,
but whoever does not believe in him
already stands condemned,
because he has not believed in the name
of the only-begotten Son of God.By this is my Father glorified,
that you bear much fruit
and become my disciples.