- He has made everything suitable for its time, and he has given men a sense of past and future, but they never have the slightest comprehension of what God has wrought from beginning to end.
- Just as he came forth naked from his mother’s womb,
so shall he depart, naked as he came,
with nothing remaining from his labor
that he can carry away in his hands. - Those who live according to the flesh can never be pleasing to God.
- Great is the Lord and worthy of the highest praise;
no one can even begin to comprehend his greatness. - It is honorable to avoid strife,
but every fool is quarrelsome. - No one can have greater love
than to lay down his life for his friends. - For the carved images of the nations are powerless;
they are nothing more than wood cut from a forest,
fashioned with a knife by craftsmen
and embellished with silver and gold.
Then they are fastened with hammers and nails
to prevent them from toppling.
Like scarecrows in a cucumber field
they are unable to speak,
and they must be carried from place to place
since they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
for they can do no harm,
nor do they have any power to do good. - You can eat any water creature that has fins and scales; those you can eat. Whatever does not have fins or scales, you are not to eat. It is unclean for you.
- In peace I lie down and sleep,
for only with your help, O Lord,
can I rest secure. - Some friends can lead us to ruin,
but a true friend is closer than a brother. - This saying can be trusted:
If we have died with him,
we shall also live with him. - For the entire Law can be summed up in a single commandment: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
- In that way, I can come to you in joy, if God so wills, and be refreshed together with you.
- If anyone is rich in worldly possessions
and sees a brother in need
but refuses to open his heart,
how can the love of God abide in him? - Do not associate with unbelievers. For what basis can there be for a partnership between righteousness and lawlessness? What do light and darkness have in common?
- What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his very life? Or what can he give in exchange for his life?
- I give them eternal life,
and they will never perish.
No one will ever snatch them from my hand.
My Father who has given them to me
is greater than all,
and no one can snatch them
out of the Father’s hand.
I and the Father are one. - When things are going well, be grateful for your blessings,
and in times of adversity consider this:
God has made both of them,
so that we cannot predict with confidence
what the future holds. - For no one can be regarded as justified in the sight of God by keeping the Law. The Law brings only the consciousness of sin.
- For our eyes are fixed not on what is seen but rather on that which cannot be seen. What is visible is transitory; what is invisible is eternal.
- For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith. This has not come from you but from the gift of God. It does not come from works, so that no one can boast.
- And thus we can have confidence in him
that if we ask anything
that is in accordance with his will,
he hears us. - For much wisdom can result in much sorrow,
and those who increase their knowledge also increase their grief. - 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. - There is no salvation in anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to men by which we can be saved.
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