We know that we have left death and come over into life; we know it because we love others. Those who do not love are still under the power of death.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.

If you have love for one another, then everyone will know that you are my disciples."

So Pilate asked him, "Are you a king, then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. I was born and came into the world for this one purpose, to speak about the truth. Whoever belongs to the truth listens to me."

And so, my dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have courage in God's presence.

Because everyone will do what is right, there will be peace and security forever.

God is not unfair. He will not forget the work you did or the love you showed for him in the help you gave and are still giving to other Christians.

Our great desire is that each of you keep up your eagerness to the end, so that the things you hope for will come true.

So let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, with hearts that have been purified from a guilty conscience and with bodies washed with clean water.

He was absolutely sure that God would be able to do what he had promised.

For I am certain that nothing can separate us from his love: neither death nor life, neither angels nor other heavenly rulers or powers, neither the present nor the future,

and it is for this reason that I suffer these things. But I am still full of confidence, because I know whom I have trusted, and I am sure that he is able to keep safe until that Day what he has entrusted to me.

It was in faith that all these persons died. They did not receive the things God had promised, but from a long way off they saw them and welcomed them, and admitted openly that they were foreigners and refugees on earth.