In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. (Luke 22:20) But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)…
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13) Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. (Romans 10:17) …fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith… (Hebrews 12:2) Therefore, since we have…
31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. (Ephesians 5:31-32) 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the…
His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. And this gave Him great pleasure. (Ephesians 1:5) For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. (Romans 8:29)
…remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. (Ephesians 2:12-13) As for you,…
1 You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. 2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. 3 Because your love is better than life, my…
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. (Philippians 4:9) And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others. (2 Timothy 2:2)…
7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a…
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ… (Ephesians 2:13) Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. (Hebrews 10:23) We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted…
His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 1:5) See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that…
