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.

I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

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

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.

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God.

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

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

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

“For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!

My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

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

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.

 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

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.

As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain your mercy from me; your steadfast love and your faithfulness will ever preserve me!

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, clove one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God.

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”