- For we are God’s coworkers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- Do you not realize that you are God’s temple, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
- That is why you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, and they devote themselves to this service.
- If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person. For the temple of God is holy, and you are that temple.
- As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
- For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus for a life of good works that God had prepared for us to do.
- God’s love was revealed to us in this way:
God sent his only-begotten Son into the world
so that we might have life through him. - And the one who searches hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.
- But what I tell you is this: Do not swear at all, either by heaven, since it is God’s throne, or by earth, since that is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, since that is the city of the great King.
- Exalted at God’s right hand, he received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
- Therefore, a Sabbath rest still remains for the people of God, since those who enter into God’s rest also cease from their own labors as God did from his.
- Let marriage be held in honor by all, and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for those who are immoral and adulterers will have to face God’s judgment.
- As for me, I do not regard my life as of any value, only that I finish the race and complete the mission that I received from the Lord Jesus—to bear witness to the gospel of God’s grace.
- It is better to spend one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in God’s house
than dwell inside the tents of the wicked. - He is the reflection of God’s glory
and the perfect expression of his very being,
sustaining all things by his powerful word.
Achieving purification from sins,
he took his seat at the right hand of the Majesty on high. - Ever since the creation of the world the invisible attributes of God’s eternal power and divine nature have been clearly understood and perceived through the things he has made. Therefore, the conduct of these people is inexcusable.
- Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight. Even the hairs on your head have all been counted. Do not be afraid. You are worth far more than any number of sparrows.
- Beloved,
we are God’s children now.
What we shall be
has not yet been revealed.
However, we do know that when he appears
we shall be like him,
for we shall see him as he really is.
Everyone who has this hope in him
keeps himself pure,
just as he is pure. - Likewise, you who are husbands must show consideration for your wives in your life together. Treat your wife with respect, for even though she is the weaker partner, she is also an equal heir of God’s gift of life. Thus, your prayers will not be hindered in any way.
- And I heard a loud voice proclaim from the throne:
“Behold, God’s dwelling is with mankind;
he will dwell with them.
They will be his people,
and he will be their God,
God-with-them.
He will wipe every tear from their eyes,
and there will no longer be death.
Neither will there be any mourning or crying or pain,
for the old order has passed away.” - The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you all.
- When the command is given, at the sound of the archangel’s voice and the call of God’s trumpet, the Lord himself will descend from heaven, and those who have died in Christ will be the first to rise. Then those of us who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them on clouds in the air to meet the Lord. And so, we will be with the Lord forever.
- May the Lord guide your hearts to the love of God and the steadfastness of Christ.
- The Spirit himself bears witness with our Spirit that we are children of God.
- Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you have faith you will see the glory of God?”
Whoever possesses the Son
possesses life;
whoever does not possess the Son of God
does not possess life.But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for I bring you good news of great joy for all the people.” For I, the Lord, am your God
and I grasp your right hand.
It is I who say to you,
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