- Dearly beloved, never seek revenge. Leave that to the time of retribution. For it is written, “Vengeance is mine, says the Lord. I will repay.”
- When I am terrified,
I place my trust in you. - If someone says, “I love God,”
but at the same time hates his brother,
he is a liar.
For whoever does not love the brother
whom he has seen
cannot love God whom he has not seen. - Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, where he was tempted by the devil. During that time he ate nothing, and at the end of it he was famished.
- A man is joyful when he utters apt answers,
and even more satisfying is a word in season. - Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the prophets of that time proclaimed. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Forsake your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they refused to listen or to pay attention to me, says the Lord.
- God saved us and called us to a life of holiness, not because of our works but according to his own purpose and the grace that has been bestowed upon us in Christ Jesus from all eternity.
- Jesus answered, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel who will not receive in this age a hundred times more houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and lands—as well as persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.”
- Once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.
- That is why you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, and they devote themselves to this service.
- After Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judea during the reign of King Herod, wise men traveled from the east and arrived in Jerusalem, inquiring, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw the rising of his star, and we have come to pay him homage.”
- No prophecy ever came from human initiative. Rather, when people spoke as messengers of God, they did so under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
- During the day the Lord grants his kindness,
and at night his praise is with me,
a prayer to the living God. - Preach the message; be persistent in doing so, whether in season or out of season; convince, reprove, and encourage, but with great patience and instruction.
- And do not lead us into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one. - The misfortunes of the righteous man are many,
but the Lord delivers him, from all of them. - Meanwhile, the Church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria enjoyed peace, building up strength and living in the fear of the Lord. Encouraged by the Holy Spirit, the Church grew in numbers.
- Therefore, you must also be prepared, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
- Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you previously, that no one who does such things will inherit the kingdom of God.
- Wealth hastily acquired will dwindle away,
but when amassed little by little, it will increase. - You have heard that it was said of old: ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that anyone who looks with lust at a woman has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- Yet even now, says the Lord,
return to me with all your heart,
with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. - There is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing secret that will not become known.
- Stay awake and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak.
- Therefore, he has the full power to save those who approach God through him, since he lives forever to intercede for them.
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