For we are the [true] circumcision, worshipping by the Spirit of God, rejoicing in Christ Jesus, and having no confidence in the flesh,

Then the angel said to them, "Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

I will not leave you orphans; I am coming to you.

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may abide in you, and that your joy may be full.

Therefore you also now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.

Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

But now I am coming to You, and these things I speak in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

through whom also we have had access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

And again, Isaiah says: "There shall be the root of Jesse; and He that shall rise to rule over the Gentiles, in Him the Gentiles shall hope."

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

I [affirm], by my boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

Because just as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.

Now if we are afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer.

Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and making known through us the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and a good hope by grace,

comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

in order that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong encouragement, who have fled to take hold of the hope being set before [us];

In which you greatly rejoice, [though for] a little while now, if need be, you have been distressed by various trials,

Whom not having seen, you love, in whom now not seeing, but believing, you rejoice with inexpressible joy and glorified,

A Song of Degrees. See now! What is so good, or what so pleasant, as for brethren to dwell together?

If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and I abide in His love.

This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were sharing food with joy and simplicity of heart,

Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things belonging to him was his own, but they had all things in common.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ forgave us.

that their hearts may be encouraged, being joined together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to a full knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; and everyone that loves has been born of God and knows God.

He that does not love does not know God, because God is love.

No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.

And we have come to know and believe the love which God has in us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

And hope does not put to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit indwelling in you.

For if you live according to the flesh you shall die; but if by [the] Spirit you put to death the practices of the body, you will live.

For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again unto fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father."

Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free--and we were all given to drink into one Spirit.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"

in whom also you, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,

who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the possession, to the praise of His glory.

Because through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,

in whom you also are being built together for a habitation of God in the Spirit.

There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling;

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere love for the brothers, love one another fervently from a pure heart,

having been born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.

And the [one] who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, from the Spirit whom He gave us.

For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on hearts of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience;