Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.

To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.

For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.

nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.

but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”

Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all of the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.

See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high

But all things should be done decently and in order.

And say to Archippus, "See that you for fill the ministry that you have received in the Lord."

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.

and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your mate, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.