“Do not judge, or you will be judged. For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. . . .

Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth.

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore. And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said, “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow. . . .

I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives when they see your pure and reverent demeanor. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes, but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight. For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands, . . .

Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?

And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.

For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.

I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”

So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.

Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.