For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”

He said, “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the gospel!”

nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus,

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.

And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed – God is our witness –

See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God.

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

Tie up the scroll as legal evidence, seal the official record of God’s instructions and give it to my followers.

I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

The Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.

When the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God.

He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.

who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer.”