confidence in the lord

²⁶In the fear of the Lord is the faithfulness of strength, and there shall be hope for his sons.

⁷For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.

¹³So may the God of hope fill you with every joy and with peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope and in the virtue of the Holy Spirit.

⁶I am confident of this very thing: that he who has begun this good work in you will perfect it, unto the day of Christ Jesus.

¹⁰Be humbled in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

¹⁰Do not be afraid, for I am with you. Do not turn away, for I am your God. I have strengthened you, and I have assisted you, and the right hand of my just one has upheld you.

¹³Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.

⁸It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in man.

²³And, in that day, you will not petition me for anything. Amen, amen, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in my name, he will give it to you.

²My brothers, when you have fallen into various trials, consider everything a joy,

²⁶For the Lord will be at your side, and he will guard your feet, so that you may not be seized.

⁸For you were darkness, in times past, but now you are light, in the Lord. So then, walk as sons of the light.

¹¹For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.

¹Therefore, having been justified by faith, let us be at peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.