"Paul and Timothy, slaves of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus being in Philippi, with overseers and deacons: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God on every remembrance of you..."

"James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the Dispersion, Greeting! My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the proving of your faith works patience. And let patience have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and whole, lacking in nothing."

"Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect sojourners of the dispersion of Pontus, of Galatia, of Cappadocia, of Asia, and of Bithynia, according to foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied to you."

"Therefore, brothers, I call on you through the compassions of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well-pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in order to prove by you what is the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God."

"Therefore, I, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk worthily of the calling in which you were called."

"Therefore if you were raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Think on the things above, not the things on the earth. For you died, and your life has been hidden with Christ in God... Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth... Therefore, as elect ones of God, holy and beloved, put on bowels of compassion..."

"For freedom Christ set us free. Stand fast, then, and do not again be held with a yoke of slavery."

"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light."

"And answering Him, Peter said, Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the waters. And He said, Come! And coming down from the boat, Peter walked on the waters to go to Jesus."

"And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to burn with anger over the plant? And he said, I do well to burn, even to the death. And Jehovah said, You had pity on the plant for which you did not labor, nor made it grow, which was a son of a night, and perished a son of night. And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell between their right hand and their left; and also many beasts?"

"By faith Abel offered a greater sacrifice to God than Cain, through which he had witness that he was righteous, God testifying over his gifts; and through it, having died, he yet speaks. By faith Enoch was translated so as not to see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For before his translation he had been witnessed to, that he had pleased God."

"Then Simon Peter also comes, following him, and entered into the tomb. And he sees the linen cloths lying, and the napkin which was on His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but having been folded up in one place by itself."

"Simon Peter went up and drew the net to the land, full of big fish, a hundred and fifty three. And with so many, the net was not torn."

"And having come into the house, they saw the child with His mother Mary. And falling down, they worshiped Him. And opening their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, and frankincense, and myrrh."

"And another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, going up and increasing. And one bore thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundredfold."

"What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Truly He who did not spare His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, how shall He not also freely give us all things along with Him? Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? God is the One justifying! Who is the one condemning? Christ is the One who died, but rather also is raised, who also is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes on our behalf! Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?"

"But who of you by being anxious is able to add one cubit onto his stature?"

"My brothers, what is the gain if anyone says he has faith, but does not have works? Is faith able to save him?"

"Adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Therefore, whoever purposes to be a friend of the world is set as an enemy of God."

"What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He? They say to Him, David's. He says to them, How then does David in spirit call Him Lord, saying, 'Jehovah said to My Lord, Sit off My right hand until I place Your enemies as a footstool of Your feet'? If then David calls Him Lord, how is He his son?"

"And not only this, but we also glory in afflictions, knowing that affliction works patience, and patience works experience, and experience works hope, and hope does not put to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit given to us."

"My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the proving of your faith works patience. And let patience have its perfect work, so that you may be perfect and whole, lacking in nothing."

"But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is worthless, and your faith is also worthless. And we are also found to be false witnesses of God, because we witnessed concerning God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise if indeed the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is foolish; you are yet in your sins."

"Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life."