but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.

Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.

This is the account of Noah. Noah was a godly man; he was blameless among his contemporaries. He walked with God.

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God’s children.

and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image – in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth.

for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal, but God’s message is not imprisoned!

who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and priceless in God’s sight,

This requires the steadfast endurance of the saints – those who obey God’s commandments and hold to their faith in Jesus.

Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service into the temple that is built to honor the Lord.”

Whoever speaks, let it be with God’s words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow!

“Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.

He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

Listen and warn the family of Jacob! The sovereign Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking!

But God heard the boy’s voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for God has heard the boy’s voice right where he is crying.