Paying Back

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works. — read the full passage →

He entered and was passing through Jericho. — read the full passage →

I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,

My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. — read the full passage →

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, my beloved. — read the full passage →

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God, — read the full passage →

If you love me, keep my commandments.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others. — read the full passage →

“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day. — read the full passage →

But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!

The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.