Where the Real News is the Good News

However, as it is written:

“What no eye has seen,
    what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”—
    the things God has prepared for those who love him—

There is no one holy like the Lord;
    there is no one besides you;
    there is no Rock like our God.

Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.

Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.

Walk with the wise and become wise,
    for a companion of fools suffers harm.

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly with your God.

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,

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

A cheerful heart is good medicine,
    but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

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,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
    and who meditates on his law day and night.

Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother's womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

I keep my eyes always on the Lord.

    With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.