For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”

He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.

Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

But Joseph said to them, “Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.”

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.