¹⁸ The Lord is near all those who give honour to his name; even to all who give honour to him with true hearts.

¹⁹ To his worshippers, he will give their desire; their cry comes to his ears, and he gives them salvation.

²⁰ The Lord will keep all his worshippers from danger; but he will send destruction on all sinners.

¹¹ Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

¹² Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

¹³ Giving to the needs of the saints, ready to take people into your houses.

⁹ If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.

⁷ Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

³⁷ For there is nothing which God is not able to do.

¹⁷ So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.

⁹ The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

¹⁰ And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.

¹¹ Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.

¹ And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were gone; and there was no more sea.

² And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband.

³ And there came to my ears a great voice out of the high seat, saying, See, the Tent of God is with men, and he will make his living-place with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.

⁴ And he will put an end to all their weeping; and there will be no more death, or sorrow, or crying, or pain; for the first things have come to an end.

⁵ And he who is seated on the high seat said, See, I make all things new. And he said, Put it in the book; for these words are certain and true.

²² Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

¹⁰⁵ <NUN> Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way.

¹⁶ Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:

¹⁷ So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.

¹³ Keep the form of those true words which you had from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴ That good thing which was given to you keep safe, through the Holy Spirit which is in us.

¹⁵ You have had news that all those in Asia went away from me; among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes:

⁷ But be you strong and let not your hands be feeble, for your work will be rewarded.

¹⁹ O people, living in Zion, at Jerusalem, your weeping will be ended; he will certainly have mercy on you at the sound of your cry; when it comes to his ear, he will give you an answer.

³⁵ So do not give up your hope which will be greatly rewarded.

¹¹ I come quickly: keep that which you have, so that no one may take your crown.

¹² For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

¹⁶ For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

¹⁷ For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

¹⁸ While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

³³ I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

¹² There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

²⁸ Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? The eternal God, the Lord, the Maker of the ends of the earth, is never feeble or tired; there is no searching out of his wisdom.

²⁹ He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force.

³⁰ Even the young men will become feeble and tired, and the best of them will come to the end of his strength;

³¹ But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.

¹⁴ And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us:

¹⁵ And if we are certain that he gives ear to all our requests, we are equally certain that we will get our requests.

¹⁶ If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.

¹⁶ Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

¹⁷ Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.

¹² Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

⁷ Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

⁸ Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

⁹ Or which of you, if his son makes a request for bread, will give him a stone?

²⁶ And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.> God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

⁵ Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.

⁶ Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.

⁶⁶ Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.

⁶⁷ So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away?

⁶⁸ Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life;

⁶⁹ And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.

⁷⁰ Then Jesus said, Did I not make a selection of you, the twelve, and one of you is a son of the Evil One?

¹⁸ I will not let you be without a friend: I am coming to you.

⁶ For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:

¹⁷ So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

¹² It is the same to me if I am looked down on or honoured; everywhere and in all things I have the secret of how to be full and how to go without food; how to have wealth and how to be in need.

¹³ I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

¹⁴ But you did well to have care for me in my need.

²⁴ Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.

¹⁹ Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.

⁹ And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

⁶ And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.

²⁸ Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

²⁹ Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

³⁰ For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.

²⁸ And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.

¹² Here is the quiet strength of the saints, who keep the orders of God, and the faith of Jesus.

¹ But now, says the Lord your Maker, O Jacob, and your life-giver, O Israel: have no fear, for I have taken up your cause; naming you by your name, I have made you mine.

² When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.

³ For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you.

⁴ Because of your value in my eyes, you have been honoured, and loved by me; so I will give men for you, and peoples for your life.

⁷ The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.

²³ Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:

²⁴ And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;

²⁵ Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near.

²⁶ For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,