- Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives;
those who open wide their lips come to ruin. - For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure.
- For “no human being will be justified in his sight” by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
- As servants of God, live as free people, yet do not use your freedom as a pretext for evil.
- You are a hiding place for me;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah - The precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is clear,
enlightening the eyes. - You show me the path of life.
In your presence there is fullness of joy;
in your right hand are pleasures forevermore. - For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.
- Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today.
- 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. - And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.
- I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.
- But, as it is written,
“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the human heart conceived,
what God has prepared for those who love him” - And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
- And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
- In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
- Where can I go from your spirit?
Or where can I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there;
if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there. - I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.
- The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, all that he has is in your power; only do not stretch out your hand against him!” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
- You may say to yourself, “How can we recognize a word that the Lord has not spoken?” If a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord but the thing does not take place or prove true, it is a word that the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; do not be frightened by it.
- Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth.
- God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God.
- For, while physical training is of some value, godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
- Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life, to which you were called and for which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
- Therefore prepare your minds for action; discipline yourselves; set all your hope on the grace that Jesus Christ will bring you when he is revealed.
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Who is this King of glory?The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory. Selah