- Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.
- Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
- The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness. - For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.
- But you, O Lord, reign forever;
your throne endures to all generations. - God is not a human being, that he should lie,
or a mortal, that he should change his mind.
Has he promised, and will he not do it?
Has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? - Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for he has said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”
- O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
for his steadfast love endures forever. - The grass withers, the flower fades;
but the word of our God will stand forever. - And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit.
- For the righteous will never be moved;
they will be remembered forever. - My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. - Not that I am referring to being in need; for I have learned to be content with whatever I have.
- Your decrees are my heritage forever;
they are the joy of my heart. - The sum of your word is truth;
and every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever. - And the world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever.
- What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
- And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever.
- Can a woman forget her nursing child,
or show no compassion for the child of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me. - I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it out of the Father's hand. The Father and I are one.
- You have been born anew, not of perishable but of imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.
- For “no human being will be justified in his sight” by deeds prescribed by the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
- But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me;
your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
Do not forsake the work of your hands. - And do not bring us to the time of trial,
but rescue us from the evil one.
See that none of you repays evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to all.Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God.Next verse!With image