The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!

Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves.

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

We exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

“The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent’s food.

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.

... who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.

Know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.

And I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ.

Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him."

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were crea

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.

The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through

May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.”

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.”

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be pu

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.