Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Charity suffers long, and is kind; charity envies not; charity braggs not itself, is not puffed up, 5Does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil; 6Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7Bears all th...
I have given them your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to you.
See, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering;
Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near: So likewise you, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. Truly I say to you, This generation shall no...
