- This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.
- The heavens are telling the glory of God;
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours forth speech,
and night to night declares knowledge. - And you will say in that day:
Give thanks to the Lord,
call on his name;
make known his deeds among the nations;
proclaim that his name is exalted. - I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.
- He declared to you his covenant, which he charged you to observe, that is, the ten commandments; and he wrote them on two stone tablets.
- Because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believe in vain.
- My mouth is filled with your praise,
and with your glory all day long. - And every tongue should confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. - God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God.
- Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them? says the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.
- And let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living water.’
- Return, faithless Israel,
says the Lord.
I will not look on you in anger,
for I am merciful,
says the Lord;
I will not be angry forever. - No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known.
- For it is written,
“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall give praise to God.” - He said to them, “Then do you also fail to understand? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile,
since it enters, not the heart but the stomach, and goes out into the sewer?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) - But the scripture has imprisoned all things under the power of sin, so that what was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
- For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. - For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, says the Lord God. Turn, then, and live.
- But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
- Yet even now, says the Lord,
return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. - You who live in the shelter of the Most High,
who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,
will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress;
my God, in whom I trust.” - For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.
- Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, says the Lord God, and not rather that they should turn from their ways and live?
- Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: None of my words will be delayed any longer, but the word that I speak will be fulfilled, says the Lord God.
Return to me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him. If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.Next verse!With image