- But when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
- This, then, is how you should pray:
‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.’ - For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him.
- What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?
- Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.
- For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
- Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?
- For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
- God is not human, that he should lie,
not a human being, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act?
Does he promise and not fulfill? - Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. - But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
- Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.”
- It was not by their sword that they won the land,
nor did their arm bring them victory;
it was your right hand, your arm,
and the light of your face, for you loved them. - And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
- On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.”
- Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
- But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
- Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
- For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
- Unless the Lord builds the house,
the builders labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
the guards stand watch in vain. - The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;
they imagine it a wall too high to scale. - Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
- Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.
- Fools give full vent to their rage,
but the wise bring calm in the end. - But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
Bible verse of the day
Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy.