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

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.

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

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you,

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.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

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.

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
    is God in his holy dwelling.

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

A man’s heart plans his way,
But the Lord directs his steps.

For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
    my God, in whom I trust.”