1 Corinthians 13:3

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another;

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

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

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’ ”

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them that they should make themselves fringes on the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each border a cord of blue.

For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.

I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me.

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.

For it is no vain thing for you, because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”

He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!”

This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

he is conceited, knowing nothing, but obsessed with arguments, disputes, and word battles, from which come envy, strife, insulting, evil suspicions,

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”

But seek God’s Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you.

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?

For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.

that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;

Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart from works is dead.

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

You shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

You shall make yourselves fringes on the four corners of your cloak with which you cover yourself.

Then he said, “I have sinned; yet please honor me now before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.”

The fear of Yahweh leads to life, then contentment; he rests and will not be touched by trouble.

The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he will surely live. He will not die.

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.

“Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.”

As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations.” This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.

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

For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which lives and remains forever.

It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that Yahweh’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants,

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams,” says Yahweh, “who tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their vain boasting; yet I didn’t send them or command them. They don’t profit this people at all,” says Yahweh.

Behold, a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the fringe of his garment;

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, if you have faith, and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it would be done.

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”

For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.

to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, by the same Spirit;

If any man doesn’t love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be cursed. Come, Lord!

But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.

Do all things without complaining and arguing,

Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by food, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.

Behold, you trust in lying words that can’t profit.

But they do all their works to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringes of their garments,

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

Peter said, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”

Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.”

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.

Peter said to him, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

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.”

Let’s not become conceited, provoking one another, and envying one another.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.

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

I will declare your righteousness; and as for your works, they will not benefit you.

Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will.