I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who ask you to give the reason for the hope you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.

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

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 Greek

“It is he who made the earth by his power; who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens.”

By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

Even Gentiles, who do not have God’s written law, show that they know his law when they instinctively obey it, even without having heard it. They demonstrate that God’s law is written in their hearts.

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

The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus