
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content
with what you have, because God has said,
“Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content
with what you have, because God has said,
“Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you.”

Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand
against the devil’s schemes.

Keep my commands and you will live;
guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.

Blessed be the name of the Lord
now and forever.

I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies of men
will be forgiven them.
But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven;
he is guilty of an eternal sin.

Righteousness guards the man of integrity,
but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

For all our days are passed away in thy wrath:
we spend our years as a tale that is told.

Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God.
If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.

Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God
does not show favoritism
but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right.

If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar.
For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen,
cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

Throw out the mocker, and fighting goes, too.
Quarrels and insults will disappear.

In my anguish I cried to the LORD,
and he answered by setting me free.
The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?

May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing to you,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.