- The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will permit you to find him, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
- For one believes in the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved.
- In view of all this, you should make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with piety, and piety with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love.
- I lifted up my voice in prayer to him;
his praise was on my tongue. - One who is covetous will never be satisfied with money,
nor will the lover of wealth be content with gain.
This too is vanity. - It is better to have a little and fear the Lord
than to possess immense wealth and suffer anguish. - I rejoice in the Lord with all my heart;
my soul exults in my God.
For he has clothed me in garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of saving justice,
like a bridegroom adorned with a garland
or a bride bedecked with her jewels. - Blessed are those who observe his statutes
and seek him with their whole heart. - As much as possible, and to the extent of your ability, live in peace with everyone.
- He has satisfied the thirsty
and filled the hungry with good things. - Do not associate with unbelievers. For what basis can there be for a partnership between righteousness and lawlessness? What do light and darkness have in common?
- Do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be afraid, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and give you help,
I will uphold you with my victorious right hand. - The Lord, your God, is in your midst,
a warrior and a savior.
He will rejoice over you with gladness
and renew you through his love.
He will exult over you with shouts of joy. - When the command is given, at the sound of the archangel’s voice and the call of God’s trumpet, the Lord himself will descend from heaven, and those who have died in Christ will be the first to rise. Then those of us who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them on clouds in the air to meet the Lord. And so, we will be with the Lord forever.
- Persevere in prayer, with alert minds and thankful hearts.
- In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. - Behold, I am standing at the door, knocking. If one of you hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with that person and that person with me.
- The Spirit himself bears witness with our Spirit that we are children of God.
- For the Lord takes delight in his people,
and he crowns the humble with salvation. - In that way, I can come to you in joy, if God so wills, and be refreshed together with you.
- May the Lord grant strength to his people.
May the Lord bless his people with peace. - I also ask that the women should dress themselves modestly and decently in suitable clothing. They should be adorned not with braided hair or with gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good works, as is fitting for women who profess their reverence for God.
- To the loyal, you show yourself to be loyal;
to the blameless, you show yourself to be blameless. - I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your precepts. - Live in harmony with one another. Do not consider yourself to be better than others, but associate with the lowly, and never be conceited.
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My life is in your hands;deliver me from the power of my enemies,
from the clutches of those who pursue me.