I trust in God and am not afraid; I praise him for what he has promised. What can a mere human being do to me?

From his sanctuary God has said, "In triumph I will divide Shechem and distribute Sukkoth Valley to my people.

Save me, I pray, from my brother Esau. I am afraid---afraid that he is coming to attack us and destroy us all, even the women and children.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

There are these two things, then, that cannot change and about which God cannot lie. So we who have found safety with him are greatly encouraged to hold firmly to the hope placed before us.

In this way he has given us the very great and precious gifts he promised, so that by means of these gifts you may escape from the destructive lust that is in the world, and may come to share the divine nature.