- That is what the Scriptures mean when they say,
“No eye has seen, no ear has heard,
and no mind has imagined
what God has prepared
for those who love him.” - Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.
- And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us.
- This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
- Take care of any widow who has no one else to care for her.
- So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.
- He has removed our sins as far from us
as the east is from the west. - This is the day the Lord has made.
We will rejoice and be glad in it. - For every house has a builder, but the one who built everything is God.
- And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us.
- Tainted wealth has no lasting value,
but right living can save your life. - Soon I will die, going the way of everything on earth. Deep in your hearts you know that every promise of the Lord your God has come true. Not a single one has failed!
- Again he said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.”
- For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.
- God is not a man, so he does not lie.
He is not human, so he does not change his mind.
Has he ever spoken and failed to act?
Has he ever promised and not carried it through? - The Savior—yes, the Messiah, the Lord—has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!
- Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”
- Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.
- Sing to the Lord, for he has done wonderful things.
Make known his praise around the world. - And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their fellow believers.
- Believers who are poor have something to boast about, for God has honored them. And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field.
- Therefore, accept each other just as Christ has accepted you so that God will be given glory.
- What joy for the nation whose God is the Lord,
whose people he has chosen as his inheritance. - Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness.
Let the whole world know what he has done.
As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died.How great you are, O Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you. We have never even heard of another God like you! Jesus looked at them intently and said, “Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God.”Next verse!With image