- There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.
- No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.
- The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels.
- Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
- And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
- Blessed are all who fear the Lord,
who walk in obedience to him. - Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?
- I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people.
- The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
- Above his head they placed the written charge against him: this is jesus, the king of the jews.
- Good and upright is the Lord;
therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way. - Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
- Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
- God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
- For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
- The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all who follow his precepts have good understanding.
To him belongs eternal praise. - By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth. - I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love.
- Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.”
- No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
- If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
even their prayers are detestable. - In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’
- So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them. - Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Bible verse of the day
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.