- Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm;
for love is strong as death,
passion fierce as the grave.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
a raging flame. - Therefore God also highly exalted him
and gave him the name
that is above every name,
so that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bend,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth. - When I am afraid,
I put my trust in you. - Wait for the Lord;
be strong, and let your heart take courage;
wait for the Lord! - But fornication and impurity of any kind, or greed, must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper among saints.
- He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “Whoever wants to be first must be last of all and servant of all.”
- Because you are precious in my sight,
and honored, and I love you,
I give people in return for you,
nations in exchange for your life. - I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope. - A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
- It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to put confidence in mortals. - For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.
- Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me.
- Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
all you who wait for the Lord. - But I will sing of your might;
I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning.
For you have been a fortress for me
and a refuge in the day of my distress. - And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
“See, the home of God is among mortals.
He will dwell with them as their God;
they will be his peoples,
and God himself will be with them;
he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more;
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for the first things have passed away.” - “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.” - But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
- Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you both see and hear.
- But as for me, I will look to the Lord,
I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me. - I love you, O Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,
my God, my rock in whom I take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. - In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I am not afraid;
what can flesh do to me? - And those who know your name put their trust in you,
for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. - But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
- I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
- And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.
Looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.Next verse!With image