- For they said to you, “In the final age there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly passions.” It is these people who create divisions, who follow their natural instincts and do not possess the Spirit.
- Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my heavenly Father.
- Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil,
but those who counsel peace have joy. - Wait quietly for the Lord
and be patient until he comes.
Do not fret over the man who prospers
because of his evil schemes. - But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
- Give proper consideration to those widows who are truly in need.
- Blessed are those who observe his statutes
and seek him with their whole heart. - He who guards his mouth makes his life secure,
but one who talks excessively ensures his own downfall. - He said to them in reply, “Anyone who has two coats must share with the person who has none, and whoever has food must do likewise.”
- And now it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. The life I live now in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me.
- However, to those who did accept him
and who believed in his name
he granted the power to become children of God. - It is better to be a patient man rather than a warrior,
one who controls his temper rather than one who captures a city. - Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
- Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not demand the return of what is yours from the one who has taken it.
- Those who live according to the flesh can never be pleasing to God.
- The future bodes well for him
who is generous in helping those in need
and who conducts his affairs with justice. - I can do all things in him who strengthens me.
- But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were far off have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
- When Jesus heard this, he said, “It is not the healthy who need a physician, but rather those who are sick.”
- Dear children,
you are from God
and you have conquered them,
for the one who is in you is greater
than the one who is in the world. - The one who pays heed to instruction prospers,
and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord. - If anyone would boast, let him boast in the Lord. For it is not the one who commends himself who is really approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
- For God will repay everyone in accordance with what his deeds deserve.
- Bless those who persecute you; bless them and do not curse them.
- Indeed, the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
I then heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” I said, “Here I am. Send me!”Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts:
he is the King of glory. Selah Therefore, encourage one another and strengthen one another, as indeed you are doing.Next verse!With image