Matthew 5:45

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

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.

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Life will be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it will be as the morning.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

You will also decree a thing, and it will be established to you. Light will shine on your ways.

Yahweh is good to all. His tender mercies are over all his works.

You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.

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

“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.

Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard.

that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.

that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

but just as he who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all of your behavior;

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

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

He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”

shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’

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

Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

We proclaim him, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;

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

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

You shall be blameless with Yahweh your God.

As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.

who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields;

Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.

For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.

They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

The earth is full of your loving kindness, Yahweh. Teach me your statutes.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

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.”

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

Yet he didn’t leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from the sky and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.”

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without defect in the middle of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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.

While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night will not cease.”

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.

that I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.

Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

Yahweh says: “If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.

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

“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don’t find it doing that which is good.

He who didn’t spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

There will be no night, and they need no lamp light or sun light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.

Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.

They don’t say in their heart, ‘Let’s now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.’

Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh.

But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until the perfect day.

Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun.

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”

Let him turn away from evil and do good. Let him seek peace and pursue it.

No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,

and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner in giving him food and clothing.

for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, for the precious things that the moon can yield,

The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn’t this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the middle of the sky, and didn’t hurry to go down about a whole day.

The day is yours, the night is also yours. You have prepared the light and the sun.

He waters the mountains from his rooms. The earth is filled with the fruit of your works.

You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.

Your laws remain to this day, for all things serve you.

the sun to rule by day; for his loving kindness endures forever;

who covers the sky with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass grow on the mountains.

Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, Yahweh our God? Therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.

Yahweh, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that its waves roar; Yahweh of Armies is his name, says:

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

But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

But she answered him, “Yes, Lord. Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly.

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

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.