Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

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

For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

For we live by faith, not by sight.

Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.

Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;

[T]hose 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.

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

Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.

The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

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

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,