On the day you fight your enemies, your people will volunteer. Like the dew of early morning your young men will come to you on the sacred hills.

Jesus drew near and said to them, "I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.

For you gave him authority over all people, so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.

But his answer was: "My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak." I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ's power over me.

and how very great is his power at work in us who believe. This power working in us is the same as the mighty strength

Christ rules there above all heavenly rulers, authorities, powers, and lords; he has a title superior to all titles of authority in this world and in the next.

For through him God created everything in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen things, including spiritual powers, lords, rulers, and authorities. God created the whole universe through him and for him.

He reflects the brightness of God's glory and is the exact likeness of God's own being, sustaining the universe with his powerful word. After achieving forgiveness for the sins of all human beings, he sat down in heaven at the right side of God, the Supreme Power.

The LORD is our protector and glorious king, blessing us with kindness and honor. He does not refuse any good thing to those who do what is right.

Certainly not God, who did not even keep back his own Son, but offered him for us all! He gave us his Son---will he not also freely give us all things?

No one, then, should boast about what human beings can do. Actually everything belongs to you:

and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

Physical exercise has some value, but spiritual exercise is valuable in every way, because it promises life both for the present and for the future.

May grace and peace be yours in full measure through your knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

And eternal life means to know you, the only true God, and to know Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.

And so those whom God set apart, he called; and those he called, he put right with himself, and he shared his glory with them.

For we are the people he called, not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles.

God is to be trusted, the God who called you to have fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.

I urge you, then---I who am a prisoner because I serve the Lord: live a life that measures up to the standard God set when he called you.

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

We encouraged you, we comforted you, and we kept urging you to live the kind of life that pleases God, who calls you to share in his own Kingdom and glory.

God did not call us to live in immorality, but in holiness.

God called you to this through the Good News we preached to you; he called you to possess your share of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

He saved us and called us to be his own people, not because of what we have done, but because of his own purpose and grace. He gave us this grace by means of Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

Instead, be holy in all that you do, just as God who called you is holy.

But you are the chosen race, the King's priests, the holy nation, God's own people, chosen to proclaim the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his own marvelous light.

It was to this that God called you, for Christ himself suffered for you and left you an example, so that you would follow in his steps.

Do not pay back evil with evil or cursing with cursing; instead, pay back with a blessing, because a blessing is what God promised to give you when he called you.

But after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who calls you to share his eternal glory in union with Christ, will himself perfect you and give you firmness, strength, and a sure foundation.

For this very reason do your best to add goodness to your faith; to your goodness add knowledge;

Now don't worry, Ruth. I will do everything you ask; as everyone in town knows, you are a fine woman.

A good wife is her husband's pride and joy; but a wife who brings shame on her husband is like a cancer in his bones.

How hard it is to find a capable wife! She is worth far more than jewels!

He says, "Many women are good wives, but you are the best of them all."

In conclusion, my friends, fill your minds with those things that are good and that deserve praise: things that are true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and honorable.