It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.

Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked; for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the LORD upholds the righteous.

Do not say, “I’ll pay you back for this wrong!” Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.

But now, this is what the LORD says — he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.”