- 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.
- For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
- The father of godly children has cause for joy.
What a pleasure to have children who are wise. - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,
that the blind will see,
that the oppressed will be set free. - There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.
- For we will be counted as righteous when we obey all the commands the Lord our God has given us.
- You must diligently obey the commands of the Lord your God—all the laws and decrees he has given you.
- The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me,
for the Lord has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted
and to proclaim that captives will be released
and prisoners will be freed. - Well then, since God’s grace has set us free from the law, does that mean we can go on sinning? Of course not!
- But someone who does not know, and then does something wrong, will be punished only lightly. When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.
- I praise God for what he has promised.
I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?
What can mere mortals do to me? - Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us.
- But be sure to fear the Lord and faithfully serve him. Think of all the wonderful things he has done for you.
- Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.
- The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ.
- Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father, either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
- Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said,
“I will never fail you.
I will never abandon you.” - No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
- So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.
- And Jesus said to him, “Go, for your faith has healed you.” Instantly the man could see, and he followed Jesus down the road.
- And we know that the Son of God has come, and he has given us understanding so that we can know the true God. And now we live in fellowship with the true God because we live in fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the only true God, and he is eternal life.
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