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

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.

Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

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

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, ²⁰ where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

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

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. 

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil.

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

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame sha

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age.

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.

The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers.

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.”