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

For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.

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