- Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.”
- You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;
Your right hand has held me up,
Your gentleness has made me great.
You enlarged my path under me,
So my feet did not slip. - Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
- Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave.
- Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.
- I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
- But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne; nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
- A man has joy by the answer of his mouth,
And a word spoken in due season, how good it is! - But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
- Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
- How much better to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. - And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
- By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
- And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
- Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
- Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.
- And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you.
- Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.
- And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
- There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
- And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
- And said to them, “Whoever receives this little child in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me. For he who is least among you all will be great.”
- Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
- I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
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