- Repent, therefore, and be converted so that your sins may be wiped away.
- And now, dear children,
abide in him,
so that when he appears
we may have confidence
and not be put to shame by him
at his coming. - For you did not receive a spirit of slavery leading to fear; rather, you received the Spirit of adoption, enabling us to cry out, “Abba! Father!”
- If your brother wrongs you, go and take up the matter with him when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
- All you need to do is to say ‘Yes’ if you mean ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ if you mean ‘No.’ Anything beyond this comes from the evil one.
- There is no holy one like the Lord,
there is none beside you,
nor is there a rock like our God. - Take care, brethren, that none of you will ever have an evil and unbelieving heart that will cause you to forsake the living God.
- For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel:
If you seek me, you will survive. - I am the Lord, your God,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
You know no God but me,
nor any savior other than me. - And where a single man can be overcome,
two together will be able to resist.
A cord with three strands is not easily broken. - No one can have greater love
than to lay down his life for his friends. - And yet he is aware of everywhere I go;
if he were to test me, I would emerge like pure gold.
My footsteps have not strayed from the path he established;
I have followed his way and never turned aside. - No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all perish as they did.
- No one should seek his own advantage in preference to that of his neighbor.
- There is no salvation in anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to men by which we can be saved.
- While experiencing temptation, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
- I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you already have so that no one may rob you of your crown.
- I came from the Father
and have come into the world.
Now I am leaving the world
and returning to the Father. - O Lord, do not withhold your mercy from me;
may your kindness and your truth keep me safe forever. - You are all-beautiful, my love,
without the slightest blemish. - I refrained from eating any choice food, abstaining from consuming meat or wine, and I did not anoint myself until those three weeks had passed.
- Seek peace with everyone, as well as the holiness without which no one will ever see the Lord.
- Nothing gives me greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
- Jesus replied,
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
No one comes to the Father
except through me.” - A fool takes no pleasure in understanding
but only delights in expressing his own opinions.
I shall forgive them for their wicked deeds,
and I shall remember their sins no more.To those who seek after glory and honor and immortality by persevering in good works, he will grant eternal life. I ask that from the riches of his glory he may grant through his Spirit that you be strengthened with power in your inner being and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.Next verse!With image