- An honorable name is more to be desired than great riches,
and high esteem is preferable to silver and gold. - Above all, maintain the fervor of your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
- Let mutual love continue, and do not forget to offer hospitality to strangers, for by doing this some have entertained angels without knowing it.
- However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, and considerate, full of mercy and good fruits, without any trace of partiality or hypocrisy.
- I will instruct you
and guide you in the way you should go;
I will counsel you
and keep my eyes upon you. - If you obey the command that I give you today, to love the Lord, your God, and to walk in his ways, and to observe his commandments, statutes, and decrees, then you will live and multiply, and the Lord, your God, will bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
- O Lord, let your kindness rest upon us,
for we have placed our hope in you. - The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is filled with his kindness. - When I realized that my foot was slipping,
your kindness, O Lord, raised me up. - Let your face shine upon your servant;
save me in your kindness. - The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in kindness. - For your kindness extends to the heavens;
your faithfulness, to the skies. - But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,
on those who trust in his kindness. - My soul thirsts for God, the living God.
When shall I come to behold the face of God? - Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
his mercy endures forever. - And so does kindness, O Lord.
You reward each person
in accordance with his deeds. - Keep in mind, therefore, that the Lord, your God, is God. He is a faithful God who keeps his covenant of mercy to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and observe his commandments.
- During the day the Lord grants his kindness,
and at night his praise is with me,
a prayer to the living God. - Whoever does not love
does not know God,
because God is love. - Beloved,
let us love one another,
because love is from God.
Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. - Finally, all of you should be united in spirit, sympathetic, filled with love for one another, compassionate, and humble.
- God abides in anyone who acknowledges
that Jesus is the Son of God,
and that person abides in God. - We have come to know
and to believe in
the love that God has for us.
God is love,
and whoever abides in love
abides in God,
and God in him. - O Lord, you are kind and forgiving,
filled with kindness for all who cry to you. - Those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.
Indeed, who is God except the Lord?
Who is the Rock besides our God?The Lord is slow to anger but great in power,
and he will never allow the guilty
to escape punishment.
He makes his way in whirlwind and storm,
and the clouds are the dust beneath his feet. Let us never grow weary in doing what is right, for if we do not give up, we will reap our harvest in due time.Next verse!With image