I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.
The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek.
If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.
I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able to instruct one another.
Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation.
and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.
by purity, knowledge, patience, kindness, the Holy Spirit, genuine love;
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,
fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.
O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds.
Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your maidservant.
These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.
One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
For the king knows about these things, and to him I speak boldly. For I am persuaded that none of these things has escaped his notice, for this has not been done in a corner.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”
Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the Lord.”
Those who hate the Lord would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever.
I said, “Let me remember my song in the night; let me meditate in my heart.” Then my spirit made a diligent search:
Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.
On you was I cast from my birth, and from my mother's womb you have been my God.
As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.
A Prayer of David. Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
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