- But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, in order that you may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
- There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved.
- For there is one God; there is also one mediator between God and humankind, Christ Jesus, himself human.
- There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. So who, then, are you to judge your neighbor?
- Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.
- She will bear a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
- Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.
- There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling.
- Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
- Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.
- When they bring you to trial and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say; but say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
- So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
- In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
- For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.
- You show me the path of life.
In your presence there is fullness of joy;
in your right hand are pleasures forevermore. - There is a way that seems right to a person,
but its end is the way to death. - Jesus said to him, “If you are able!—All things can be done for the one who believes.”
- Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you. - Yours, O Lord, are the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.
- Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools so that you may become wise.
- Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased.”
- The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.
- Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
- For they said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, indulging their own ungodly lusts.” It is these worldly people, devoid of the Spirit, who are causing divisions.
- Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believe in vain.The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness. So we can say with confidence,
“The Lord is my helper;
I will not be afraid.
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