- For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people:
he will beautify the meek with salvation. - A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth:
he will guide his affairs with discretion. - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.
- The Lord will give strength unto his people;
the Lord will bless his people with peace. - And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
- With my whole heart have I sought thee:
O let me not wander from thy commandments. - And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
- I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart;
I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. - Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.
- But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
- Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
- Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Keep thy heart with all diligence;
for out of it are the issues of life. - Only by pride cometh contention:
but with the well advised is wisdom. - And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
- Let all your things be done with charity.
- O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
- And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
- And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
- If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.
- For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
- An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour:
but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. - Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
- And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever.
- Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
He shall cover thee with his feathers,
and under his wings shalt thou trust:
his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. O God, thou art my God;
early will I seek thee:
my soul thirsteth for thee,
my flesh longeth for thee
in a dry and thirsty land,
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