2 Corinthians 1:5

Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;

and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

even as it is written, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and a rock of offense; and no one who believes in him will be disappointed.”

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,

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.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;

Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good.

For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.

(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom:

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

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.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

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

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,

This you know, that all who are in Asia turned away from me, of whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.

But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.

that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let’s exalt his name together.

I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

Therefore my heart sounds like a harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kir Heres.

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.

For Yahweh of Armies says: ‘For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.

Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.

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

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.

And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”

From now on, let no one cause me any trouble, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus branded on my body.

Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.

that their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love, and gaining all riches of the full assurance of understanding, that they may know the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.

For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.

This saying is trustworthy: “For if we died with him, we will also live with him.

For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.

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,

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

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.

Yes, the dogs are greedy. They can never have enough. They are shepherds who can’t understand. They have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of Yahweh’s glory. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

Day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart,

It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.

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

For they all seek their own, not the things of Jesus Christ.

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.

He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.

All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.

Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion,