2 John 1:4

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

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

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.

For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

envy, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit God’s Kingdom.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

For I have given you an example, that you should also do as I have done to you.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

For I rejoiced greatly when brothers came and testified about your truth, even as you walk in truth.

Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.

Finally, brothers, rejoice! Be perfected. Be comforted. Be of the same mind. Live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

Hold the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and defects, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.

We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple.

Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.

I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

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

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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,

Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines.

Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me your way, now, that I may know you, so that I may find favor in your sight; and consider that this nation is your people.”

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,

For all his ordinances were before me. As for his statutes, I didn’t depart from them.

“Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in your word.

The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

Many will purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked will do wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand; but those who are wise will understand.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

He said to them, “You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn’t call any man unholy or unclean.

and said, “You son of the devil, full of all deceit and all cunning, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

to whom we gave no place in the way of subjection, not for an hour, that the truth of the Good News might continue with you.

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.

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.

that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Teach me that which I don’t see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?

Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.

Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

Who is wise enough to understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?

But if they had stood in my council, then they would have caused my people to hear my words, and would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

Yahweh, within her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn’t fail, but the unjust know no shame.

even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

“His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.

You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord and of the table of demons.

Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.

Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,

Having been made perfect, he became to all of those who obey him the author of eternal salvation,

One who says, “I know him,” and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.

Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine.

But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were delivered.

For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.

Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.

I have chosen the way of truth. I have set your ordinances before me.

Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.

Let’s walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

and not by his coming only, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you while he told us of your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

always in every request of mine on behalf of you all, making my requests with joy,

make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;

for this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.

For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.

The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.

that is, that I with you may be encouraged in you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.

But when I saw that they didn’t walk uprightly according to the truth of the Good News, I said to Peter before them all, “If you, being a Jew, live as the Gentiles do, and not as the Jews do, why do you compel the Gentiles to live as the Jews do?

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.

But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at length you have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity.

he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.