- Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord guards the city,
the guard keeps watch in vain. - Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. - You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
- Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
- Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believe in vain.
- When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words.
- I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
- Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves.
- If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.
- You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.
- For the customs of the peoples are false:
a tree from the forest is cut down,
and worked with an ax by the hands of an artisan;
people deck it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.
Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and they cannot speak;
they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
for they cannot do evil,
nor is it in them to do good.
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory. Selah Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning,
for in you I put my trust.
Teach me the way I should go,
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