- Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen, how the Christ must suffer, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles.
- Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house. Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
- You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
- Now I beg you, brothers, look out for those who are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and turn away from them.
- Yahweh, you have searched me,
and you know me.
You know my sitting down and my rising up.
You perceive my thoughts from afar. - Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving.
- My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When shall I come and appear before God? - He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress.
I will not be shaken. - You shall keep my Sabbaths, and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am Yahweh.
- Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.
- He alone is my rock, my salvation, and my fortress.
I will never be greatly shaken. - But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
- Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
- That he may guard the paths of justice,
and preserve the way of his saints. - But as for me, I will look to Yahweh.
I will wait for the God of my salvation.
My God will hear me. - All of your words are truth.
Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. - Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous.
His ears listen to their cry. - I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go.
I will counsel you with my eye on you. - Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
- No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
- Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
- Can anyone forbid these people from being baptized with water? They have received the Holy Spirit just like us.
- He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”
- When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
- For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears open to their prayer;
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
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