1 Corinthians 13:13

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.

And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

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.

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

neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

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.

Like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of fools. This too is meaningless.

Create in me a pure heart, O God,
    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

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

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.

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.

You make known to me the path of life;
    you will fill me with joy in your presence,
    with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Righteousness guards the person of integrity,
    but wickedness overthrows the sinner.