- Our God is in heaven;
he does whatever he pleases. - Whoever does not love
does not know God,
because God is love. - Surely God is my helper;
the Lord is the one who sustains me. - God is our refuge and our strength,
a well-proved help in times of trouble. - Now an intermediary is not necessary when there is only one party, and God is one.
- God is Spirit,
and those who worship him
must worship in Spirit and truth. - I was eager to respond
to those who did not consult me.
I was anxious to be approached
by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am! Here I am!”
to a nation that did not summon me. - He said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised. He is not here. See the place where they laid him.”
- I then heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me!”
- Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen as his heritage. - What then can we say in response to all this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- For the wages of sin is death, but the gift freely given by God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Even should my heart and my flesh fail,
God is the rock of my heart
and my portion forever. - God is faithful, and it is by him that you have been called into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
- This is the message
that we have heard from him
and that we declare to you:
God is light,
and there is no darkness at all in him. - But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid! I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for he has been raised, as he promised he would be. Come and see the place where he lay.”
- For the Lord, your God, is gracious and compassionate, and he will not turn his face away from you if you return to him.
- We have come to know
and to believe in
the love that God has for us.
God is love,
and whoever abides in love
abides in God,
and God in him. - He is not here. He has been raised. Remember what he told you while he was still in Galilee: that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners and be crucified and rise again on the third day.
- The time of fulfillment has arrived, and the kingdom of God is close at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.
- God is not human, that he should lie,
or the son of man, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act,
does he promise and then not fulfill it? - Do not be deceived; God cannot be mocked. A person will reap only what he sows.
- And God is able to enrich you with an abundance of every grace, so that, with all of your needs provided for, you may be able to produce a surplus of good works.
- Every word of God has proved to be true;
he is a shield to those who trust in him. - In it the righteousness of God is revealed, beginning in faith and established in faith. As it is written: “The one who is righteous will live through faith.”
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit;
a contrite and humble heart, O God,
you will not spurn.To those who seek after glory and honor and immortality by persevering in good works, he will grant eternal life. Therefore, my beloved brethren, stand firm and immovable, devoting yourselves completely to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.Next verse!With image