And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;”

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Do everything in love.

But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

The LORD is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

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

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all

But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.

He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.

There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;

Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Do everything in love.

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.

The LORD is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.

But 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.

Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.