- But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God’s deep secrets.
- And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.
- So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
- He saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.
- Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
- Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.
- Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.
- Then I heard the Lord asking, “Whom should I send as a messenger to this people? Who will go for us?”
I said, “Here I am. Send me.” - Praise the Lord; praise God our savior!
For each day he carries us in his arms. - This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
- We should help others do what is right and build them up in the Lord.
- Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?
- So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law.
- We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.
- So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.
- For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!
- Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.
- God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.
- Once again you will have compassion on us.
You will trample our sins under your feet
and throw them into the depths of the ocean! - For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
- We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.
God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. - Until at last the Spirit is poured out
on us from heaven.
Then the wilderness will become a fertile field,
and the fertile field will yield bountiful crops. - Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete holiness because we fear God.
- For the Lord gave us this command when he said,
‘I have made you a light to the Gentiles,
to bring salvation to the farthest corners of the earth.’ - After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.
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