The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad.

Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!

For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.

Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life.

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.

Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

This is what the Lord says to Israel: “Seek me and live.”

For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.

Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.

Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice! Strive for full restoration, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”

He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.

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.

Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.

This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.

Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Teach me your way, Lord, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.

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.

Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.

So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.

Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.

The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels.

Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me.

In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.

When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Therefore, no one can discover anything about their future.

Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.

His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions.

Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”