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So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

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

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

Trust in the Lord forever,
    for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their righteousness is from Me,”
Says the Lord.

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

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,

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

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
    I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
    but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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

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

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
    and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

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

Trust in the Lord forever,
    for the Lord, the Lord himself, is the Rock eternal.

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,

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and[ will call him Immanuel.

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