- Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin.
- For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.
- For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
- Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
- For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
- Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
- Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.
- Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.
- For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
- Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
- But I am the Lord your God
from the land of Egypt;
you know no God but me,
and besides me there is no savior. - By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.
- For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
- Because you are precious in my eyes,
and honored, and I love you,
I give men in return for you,
peoples in exchange for your life. - Since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God.
- But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
- But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.
- If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
- Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
- Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
- And he said to them, “Then are you also without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.)
- Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
- Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
even as we hope in you. - Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
but every fool will be quarreling.Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.Next verse!With image