Where the Real News is the Good News

“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,

They are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.

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

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.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.

 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

 

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.

But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

The Lord is my light and my salvation—
    whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
    of whom shall I be afraid?

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,

and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.