- Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
- Then I acknowledged my sin to you
and did not cover up my iniquity.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.”
And you forgave the guilt of my sin. - I remain confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living. - I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. - He must become greater; I must become less.
- I will exalt you, my God the King;
I will praise your name for ever and ever. - I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. - I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples. - I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.” - Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,
for I have put my trust in you.
Show me the way I should go,
for to you I entrust my life. - Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
- But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord,
I wait for God my Savior;
my God will hear me. - Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me.”
- I made a covenant with my eyes
not to look lustfully at a young woman. - ‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord,
‘I will frown on you no longer,
for I am faithful,’ declares the Lord,
‘I will not be angry forever.’ - That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
- Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands. - I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;
he heard my cry for mercy.
Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live. - Keep me safe, my God,
for in you I take refuge. - I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
- No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
- Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.
- I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.
- I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. - Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
I instruct you in the way of wisdom
and lead you along straight paths.Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.Next verse!With image 
