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“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.

who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly with your God.

He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
    he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.

Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,
    but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and[ will call him Immanuel.

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
    With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.