You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

We love because he first loved us.

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.

The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?

When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD; he brought me into a spacious place.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

My heart may sing your praises and not be silent. LORD my God, I will praise you forever.

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the whole world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

This is what the LORD says: “Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” declares the LORD. “They will return from the land of the enemy.”

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”

Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.