- Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
- For the customs of the peoples are vanity;
for one cuts a tree out of the forest,
the work of the hands of the workman with the ax.
They deck it with silver and with gold.
They fasten it with nails and with hammers,
so that it can’t move.
They are like a palm tree, of turned work,
and don’t speak.
They must be carried,
because they can’t move.
Don’t be afraid of them;
for they can’t do evil,
neither is it in them to do good. - For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing.
- You shall be holy to me, for I, Yahweh, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
- Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
- Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
- For as through the one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.
- Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
- Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
- That if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
- By which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.
- Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them, for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.
- I will walk in liberty,
for I have sought your precepts. - Don’t weary yourself to be rich.
In your wisdom, show restraint. - You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am.
- Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope.
- No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
- Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness.
According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity.
Cleanse me from my sin. - Watch therefore, for you don’t know in what hour your Lord comes.
- Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.
- For you formed my inmost being.
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks to you,
for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful.
My soul knows that very well. - I will be glad and rejoice in you.
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. - Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- For sin will not have dominion over you, for you are not under law, but under grace.
- Hear my prayer, Yahweh.
Listen to my petitions.
In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
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