- Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
- This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
- If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
- How abundant are the good things
that you have stored up for those who fear you,
that you bestow in the sight of all,
on those who take refuge in you. - But I, with shouts of grateful praise,
will sacrifice to you.
What I have vowed I will make good.
I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the Lord.’ - You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar. - How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
- When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- Those who know your name trust in you,
for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you. - We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.
- Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.
- Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me. - Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord.’
- I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.
- For this is what the Lord has commanded us:
“I have made you a light for the Gentiles,
that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.” - Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
- For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
- But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
- For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
- Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom. - If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.
- And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
- But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.
- “If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.”
Bible verse of the day
All my longings lie open before you, Lord;my sighing is not hidden from you.