Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.

You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

So Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Your faithfulness endures to all generations; you have established the earth, and it stands fast.

And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.

Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life;

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.

Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for h

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.