May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance.

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word.

Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.

Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the Lord. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.

When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.

Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.