- Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation.
- But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.
- But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.
- Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable. - Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle,
but those who gather little by little will increase it. - But those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength,
they shall mount up with wings like eagles,
they shall run and not be weary,
they shall walk and not faint. - Just as you do not know how the breath comes to the bones in the mother's womb, so you do not know the work of God, who makes everything.
- The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all those who practice it have a good understanding.
His praise endures forever. - But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
- So teach us to count our days
that we may gain a wise heart. - Because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
- The young lions suffer want and hunger,
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. - My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. - And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we abound in love for you.
- May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him.
- Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come, and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”.
- I want their hearts to be encouraged and united in love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and have the knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ himself.
- Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
- For I am longing to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you— or rather so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
- I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.
- You shall not abuse any widow or orphan. If you do abuse them, when they cry out to me, I will surely heed their cry; my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children orphans.
The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors; may he not leave us or abandon us. You are a hiding place for me;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. SelahNext verse!With image