1 Corinthians 16:22

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

But God’s love has most certainly been perfected in whoever keeps his word. This is how we know that we are in him:

For this is loving God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

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

I love those who love me. Those who seek me diligently will find me.

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

If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.

for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, to the end that you, being rooted and grounded in love,

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward.”

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin—and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written.”

You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.

Jesus said to him, “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

But even though we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any “good news” other than that which we preached to you, let him be cursed.

“Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”

He began to tell the people this parable. “A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.”

For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh

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.

From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

“Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.

But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, “When the Christ comes, he won’t do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?”

Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born blind.

If I don’t do the works of my Father, don’t believe me.

You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am.

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’

for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments 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.

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

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

By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

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.

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

We love him, because he first loved us.

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.

If anyone comes to you, and doesn’t bring this teaching, don’t receive him into your house, and don’t welcome him,

Then he began to curse and to swear, “I don’t know the man!” Immediately the rooster crowed.

One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

For the love of Christ constrains us; because we judge thus, that one died for all, therefore all died.

Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.

He who testifies these things says, “Yes, I come quickly.” Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.

“ ‘Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man devotes to Yahweh of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed. Everything that is permanently devoted is most holy to Yahweh.

Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”

‘Cursed is he who doesn’t uphold the words of this law by doing them.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ ”

The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love Yahweh your God.

‘Curse Meroz,’ said Yahweh’s angel. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t come to help Yahweh, to help Yahweh against the mighty.’

He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse, and also spoke it in my ears—behold, the silver is with me. I took it.” His mother said, “May Yahweh bless my son!”

The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food until it is evening, and I am avenged of my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.

For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.”

Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?

His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.

Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.

Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh to serve him, and to love Yahweh’s name, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant,

A curse will be taken up about them by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, ‘Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;’

You will give them hardness of heart, your curse to them.

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.

for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;

Peter, remembering, said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which you cursed has withered away.”

that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.

Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

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.

If I hadn’t done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn’t have had sin. But now they have seen and also hated both me and my Father.

He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine, and will declare it to you.

When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, “We have bound ourselves under a great curse to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.

Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is accursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” but by the Holy Spirit.

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

and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,

For you who believe therefore is the honor, but for those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,”

Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God. Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.