For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your Heavenly Father

Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways! For who can know the Lord’s thoughts? Who knows enough to give him advice? And who has given him so much that he needs to pay it back? For everything comes from him and exists by his power and is intended for his glory. All glory to him forever! Amen.

And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.

Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’" This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.

So now Jesus and the ones he makes holy have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his brothers and sisters.