- But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.”
- Victory comes from you, O Lord.
May you bless your people. - Unfailing love, O Lord, is yours.
Surely you repay all people
according to what they have done. - You must not covet your neighbor’s house. You must not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.
- Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.
- This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
- But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise,
and I will fulfill all my vows.
For my salvation comes from the Lord alone. - For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.
- Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me.
- Give to anyone who asks; and when things are taken away from you, don’t try to get them back.
- So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths. For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality.
- For there is one body and one Spirit, just as you have been called to one glorious hope for the future.
- All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.
- Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom.
All who obey his commandments will grow in wisdom.
Praise him forever! - So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.
- Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.
And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow and overflow, just as our love for you overflows.