- You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.
- Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
- A fool is quick-tempered,
but a wise person stays calm when insulted. - For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace.
- Now I say to you that you are Peter (which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.
- So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.
- The man who finds a wife finds a treasure,
and he receives favor from the Lord. - As a face is reflected in water,
so the heart reflects the real person. - Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace.
- O Lord, I will honor and praise your name,
for you are my God.
You do such wonderful things!
You planned them long ago,
and now you have accomplished them. - O Lord, if you heal me, I will be truly healed;
if you save me, I will be truly saved.
My praises are for you alone! - What are mere mortals that you should think about them,
human beings that you should care for them? - You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”
- The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich,
and he adds no sorrow with it. - And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns.
- We have happy memories of the godly,
but the name of a wicked person rots away. - If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. Then if he or she won’t accept the church’s decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector.
- There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
- And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil.
- Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?
- O God, you are my God;
I earnestly search for you.
My soul thirsts for you;
my whole body longs for you
in this parched and weary land
where there is no water. - Others were given in exchange for you.
I traded their lives for yours
because you are precious to me.
You are honored, and I love you. - The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.
- If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom.
- And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
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