They are my own people, and I created them to bring me glory."

They are the people I made for myself, and they will sing my praises!"

For all things were created by him, and all things exist through him and for him. To God be the glory forever! Amen.

"Our Lord and God! You are worthy to receive glory, honor, and power. For you created all things, and by your will they were given existence and life."

On the day God is angry and punishes, it is the wicked who are always spared.

And the same is true of what God has done. He wanted to show his anger and to make his power known. But he was very patient in enduring those who were the objects of his anger, who were doomed to destruction.

And another scripture says, "This is the stone that will make people stumble, the rock that will make them fall." They stumbled because they did not believe in the word; such was God's will for them.

In their greed these false teachers will make a profit out of telling you made-up stories. For a long time now their Judge has been ready, and their Destroyer has been wide awake!

And so the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials and how to keep the wicked under punishment for the Day of Judgment,