What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names.

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.

I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.”

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.

But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.

Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.