For this is God’s will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality,

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

to Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

And he must be well thought of by those outside the faith, so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil’s trap.

to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord!

To Titus, my genuine son in a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior!

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

Greetings to all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.

My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

May grace and peace be lavished on you as you grow in the rich knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord!

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

Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, even prophesied of them, saying, “Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of his holy ones,

He said, “Yes.” When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes – from their sons or from foreigners?”

She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife,

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem

I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region.

No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse.

From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it.