The LORD gives strength to his people and blesses them with peace.

You, LORD, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you.

But if the enemies of my people want my protection, let them make peace with me. Yes, let them make peace with me."

"I am the high and holy God, who lives forever. I live in a high and holy place, but I also live with people who are humble and repentant, so that I can restore their confidence and hope.

I offer peace to all, both near and far! I will heal my people.

"Peace is what I leave with you; it is my own peace that I give you. I do not give it as the world does. Do not be worried and upset; do not be afraid.

I have told you this so that you will have peace by being united to me. The world will make you suffer. But be brave! I have defeated the world!"

Now that we have been put right with God through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

For God's Kingdom is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of the righteousness, peace, and joy which the Holy Spirit gives.

May God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, so that your hope will continue to grow by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Our message is that God was making all human beings his friends through Christ. God did not keep an account of their sins, and he has given us the message which tells how he makes them his friends.

Christ was without sin, but for our sake God made him share our sin in order that in union with him we might share the righteousness of God.

At that time you were apart from Christ. You were foreigners and did not belong to God's chosen people. You had no part in the covenants, which were based on God's promises to his people, and you lived in this world without hope and without God.

For Christ himself has brought us peace by making Jews and Gentiles one people. With his own body he broke down the wall that separated them and kept them enemies.

By his death on the cross Christ destroyed their enmity; by means of the cross he united both races into one body and brought them back to God.

It is through Christ that all of us, Jews and Gentiles, are able to come in the one Spirit into the presence of the Father.

Since you are God's dear children, you must try to be like him.

And God's peace, which is far beyond human understanding, will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with Christ Jesus.

However, if the one who is not a believer wishes to leave the Christian partner, let it be so. In such cases the Christian partner, whether husband or wife, is free to act. God has called you to live in peace.

By his death on the cross Christ destroyed their enmity; by means of the cross he united both races into one body and brought them back to God.

So Christ came and preached the Good News of peace to all---to you Gentiles, who were far away from God, and to the Jews, who were near to him.

There is one body and one Spirit, just as there is one hope to which God has called you.

Under his control all the different parts of the body fit together, and the whole body is held together by every joint with which it is provided. So when each separate part works as it should, the whole body grows and builds itself up through love.

Everything you do or say, then, should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, as you give thanks through him to God the Father.

(SEE 1:11)

Keep your roots deep in him, build your lives on him, and become stronger in your faith, as you were taught. And be filled with thanksgiving.

Enter the Temple gates with thanksgiving; go into its courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise him.

They must thank him with sacrifices, and with songs of joy must tell all that he has done.

I will give you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and offer my prayer to you.

But I will sing praises to you; I will offer you a sacrifice and do what I have promised. Salvation comes from the LORD!"

He threw himself to the ground at Jesus' feet and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.

Why is this foreigner the only one who came back to give thanks to God?"

They know God, but they do not give him the honor that belongs to him, nor do they thank him. Instead, their thoughts have become complete nonsense, and their empty minds are filled with darkness.

All this is for your sake; and as God's grace reaches more and more people, they will offer to the glory of God more prayers of thanksgiving.

He will always make you rich enough to be generous at all times, so that many will thank God for your gifts which they receive from us.

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, always give thanks for everything to God the Father.

Don't worry about anything, but in all your prayers ask God for what you need, always asking him with a thankful heart.

be thankful in all circumstances. This is what God wants from you in your life in union with Christ Jesus.

First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, requests, and thanksgivings be offered to God for all people;

Let us, then, always offer praise to God as our sacrifice through Jesus, which is the offering presented by lips that confess him as Lord.

saying, "Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might belong to our God forever and ever! Amen!"