- Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
- For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him.
- If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!
- So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
- Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
do not trust your own cleverness. - For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.
- So Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
- You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
- “And with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;
and, “You reward everyone
according to what they have done.” - It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
but every fool is quick to quarrel. - Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.
- I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
- ‘Return to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the Lord Almighty.
- Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke? - For from him and through him and for him are all things.
To him be the glory forever! Amen. - I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’
- Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests. - Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
- Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
- You, Lord, are forgiving and good,
abounding in love to all who call to you. - Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
- Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
- I will hasten and not delay
to obey your commands. - And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?
- Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.
Bible verse of the day
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”