And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.

If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also 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 one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ.

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.

For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.