- For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
- Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects;
Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. - My flesh and my heart fail;
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. - But, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ.
- Praise the Lord!
Blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
Who delights greatly in His commandments. - Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”
- And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.
- And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
- Wisdom is the principal thing;
Therefore get wisdom.
And in all your getting, get understanding. - Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
- Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. - Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you.”
- For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
- The Lord is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid? - This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.
- This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:
‘Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’
Says the Lord of hosts. - And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
- Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
- Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.
- Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful. - For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.
- But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
- Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.
And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.Next verse!With image