- May the Lord grant strength to his people.
May the Lord bless his people with peace. - Salvation comes from the Lord.
May your blessing be upon your people. Selah - Righteousness is a sign of a nation’s greatness,
but sin degrades any people. - For the Lord takes delight in his people,
and he crowns the humble with salvation. - Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people whom he has chosen as his heritage. - In God, whose word I praise,
in God I place my trust and know no fear;
what can people do to me? - God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, but now he commands people everywhere to repent.
- But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for I bring you good news of great joy for all the people.”
- Give thanks to the Lord, invoke his name;
proclaim his deeds among the peoples. - She will give birth to a son, and you shall name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
- As servants of God, behave as free people, but do not use your freedom as a means to cover up wrongdoing.
- Does it now appear to you that I am trying to gain the approval of human beings rather than the approval of God? Am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
- You shall be holy, for I, the Lord, am holy. I have chosen you from among all people that you shall be mine.
- Can anyone withhold the water of baptism from these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?
- I tell you that on the day of judgment people will have to render an account for every careless word they utter.
- Those who accepted his message were baptized, and on that day about three thousand people were added to their number.
- Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and utter all kinds of calumnies against you for my sake.
- I will give thanks to you among the peoples, O Lord;
I will sing your praises among the nations. - He gave himself for us in order to deliver us from all iniquity and to purify for himself a people as his own who are eager to do good.
- Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.”
- Blessed are you when people hate you and ostracize you, when they insult you and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.
- Because the sentence for committing an evil act is not carried out quickly, people’s hearts are prone to act wickedly.
- No prophecy ever came from human initiative. Rather, when people spoke as messengers of God, they did so under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
- You intended to do evil to me, but God decided to make it serve a good, to fulfill that which today has come true: to keep alive a numerous people.
- He then called the people and his disciples to him and said to them, “Anyone who wishes to follow me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.”
Because in my eyes you are precious,
because you are honored and I love you,
I will give people in exchange for you
and nations in return for your life.The grass may wither and the flower may fade,
but the word of our God will endure forever. But he is to ask with faith, without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed about by the wind.Next verse!With image