Appoint for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will make them your leaders.
Dear friend, I pray that you are prospering in every way and are in good health, just as your whole life is going well.
The Rock–his work is perfect; all his ways are just. A faithful God, without bias, he is righteous and true.
To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.
Don't be afraid of what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will experience affliction for ten days. Be faithful to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Fathers, don't stir up anger in your children, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Does an ax exalt itself above the one who chops with it? Does a saw magnify itself above the one who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the ones who lift it! It would be like a staff lifting the one who isn't wood!
Jesus responded, "Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. A slave does not remain in the household forever, but a son does remain forever. So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free.
"I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

