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

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — 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.

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

Don’t overthrow God’s work for food’s sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating.

for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

It is not good to eat much honey; nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

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

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

I haven’t gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’

“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, thus purifying all foods?”

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

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 as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.

I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

You shall serve Yahweh your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will take sickness away from your midst.

Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants; — read the full passage →

Brothers, be imitators together of me, and note those who walk this way, even as you have us for an example. — read the full passage →

I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me. — read the full passage →

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,

for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma; all the fat is Yahweh’s.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

whose end is destruction, whose god is the belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who think about earthly things.

being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat: — read the full passage →

Don’t be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat:

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow, — read the full passage →

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

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry. — read the full passage →

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

But refuse profane and old wives’ fables. Exercise yourself toward godliness. — read the full passage →

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

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

He said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

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,

This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.