- Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves;
therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty. - Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. - Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
who greatly delights in his commandments! - He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
- For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
- My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever. - For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
- Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. - This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
- So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
- Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.
- And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
- The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid? - And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.
- And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.”
- This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
- For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers. - The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
- And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
- For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
- For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have.
- Good and upright is the Lord;
therefore he instructs sinners in the way.
He leads the humble in what is right,
and teaches the humble his way. - And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
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