Archives of verses of October 2024
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”
A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”
You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.
Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position. But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong— that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.
I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.
For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.
Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.
Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.
Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.