1 Corinthians 13:13

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

Let all that you do be done in love.

I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.

Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is Yahweh’s word to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.

and might deliver all of them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

Behold, I send out the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed.

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”

Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.

My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

who also declared to us your love in the Spirit.

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection.

Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.

But as for me, I am full of power by Yahweh’s Spirit, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.

People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?

May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

Yahweh said to Moses, “I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”

even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but he who was born of God keeps himself, and the evil one doesn’t touch him.

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

But he said, “I am not crazy, most excellent Festus, but boldly declare words of truth and reasonableness.

If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.

But when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!

In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same good again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

“I know your works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last works are more than the first.

who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision amounts to anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

Moses said to Yahweh, “Behold, you tell me, ‘Bring up this people;’ and you haven’t let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in my sight.’

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’

I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

and have put on the new man, who is being renewed in knowledge after the image of his Creator,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the commandment of God our Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ our hope;

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,

But since we belong to the day, let’s be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is within the veil;

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

If any man’s work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,

who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

He who loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no occasion for stumbling in him.

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.

because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the Good News

to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

but the goal of this command is love, out of a pure heart and a good conscience and sincere faith,

Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.

I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.

Whoever is born of God doesn’t commit sin, because his seed remains in him, and he can’t sin, because he is born of God.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him: my Savior, my helper, and my God.

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Follow after love and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

As it is written, “He has scattered abroad. He has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.”

But when Timothy came just now to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you,

Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh, his God:

No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,