Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy,

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

Finally, pray for us, brothers and sisters, that the Lord’s message may spread quickly and be honored as in fact it was among you,

But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.

Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction.

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain,

Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth.

Then I saw another great and astounding sign in heaven: seven angels who have seven final plagues (they are final because in them God’s anger is completed).

But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building.

Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.

“Look,” said Esau, “I’m about to die! What use is the birthright to me?”

The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.

Isaac said, “Since I am so old, I could die at any time.

“No,” he insisted, “but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob!” He replied, “Here I am!”

Moses said, “Thus says the Lord: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,

and the Israelites went away and did exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.