- I will make haste and not delay
to observe your precepts. - Wealth hastily acquired will dwindle away,
but when amassed little by little, it will increase. - For as it is written,
“Eye has not seen, ear has not heard,
nor has the human heart imagined
what God has prepared for those who love him.” - He said to them in reply, “Anyone who has two coats must share with the person who has none, and whoever has food must do likewise.”
- Blessed is the person who has found wisdom,
the one who has gained understanding. - Arise and shine forth, for your light has come
and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you. - As a father has compassion for his children,
so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him. - No one has ever seen God.
It is the only Son, God,
who is at the Father’s side,
who has made him known. - Consequently, anyone united to Christ is a new creation. The old order has passed away. Behold, all has become new.
- For a child has been born to us,
a son has been given to us.
Upon his shoulders dominion rests,
and this is the name he has been given:
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. - He has made everything suitable for its time, and he has given men a sense of past and future, but they never have the slightest comprehension of what God has wrought from beginning to end.
- All this has been done by God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and entrusted us with the ministry of reconciliation.
- For the Son of Man has come to seek out and to save what was lost.
- He has satisfied the thirsty
and filled the hungry with good things. - Bear with one another, and forgive one another if anyone has reason to be offended with another. You must forgive just as the Lord has forgiven you.
- Such hope will not be doomed to disappointment, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
- But Jesus has now received a ministry that is far superior, for he is the mediator of a far better covenant that has been established on better promises.
- This is the day that the Lord has made;
let us exult and rejoice in it. - Cure the sick who are there, and say, ‘The kingdom of God has come unto you.’
- I love the Lord because he has heard my voice
and listened to my cry for mercy,
because he has inclined his ear to me
on the day when I called out to him. - Fear not, little flock, for your Father has chosen to give you the kingdom.
- In love there is no fear;
indeed, perfect love casts out fear,
because fear has to do with punishment,
and whoever fears
has not yet achieved perfection in love. - Who has performed these deeds and accomplished this?
Who has summoned the nations from the beginning?
I, the Lord, am the first,
and I will be there with the last. - Jesus replied,
“This is the work of God:
to believe in the one whom he has sent.” - Blessed is the man who perseveres when he is tempted, for when he has been proven, he will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
Therefore, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you should arm yourselves also with the same intention. For anyone who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin.How great you are, Lord God! There is no one like you, and there is no God except you alone, as everything that we have heard confirms. Gaze upon the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap or store in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of far greater value than they?Next verse!With image