Courage

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

But Jesus, when he heard the message spoken, immediately said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Don’t be afraid, only believe.”

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

but they, when they saw him walking on the sea, supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out; — read the full passage →

and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

desiring to be teachers of the law, though they understand neither what they say, nor about what they strongly affirm.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. — read the full passage →

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. — read the full passage →

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? — read the full passage →

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” — read the full passage →

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

For you didn’t receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Jesus.

Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for the Kingdom of God, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →

From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God, and took courage.

He said, “Come!” Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

But this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;

“I tell you, my friends, don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Now I desire to have you know, brothers, that the things which happened to me have turned out rather to the progress of the Good News; — read the full passage →

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, “You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk? — read the full passage →