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⁸But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, at the proper time,

¹⁶For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. ¹⁷For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.

⁵“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. And before you went forth from the womb, I sanctified you. And I made you a prophet to the nations.”

²⁶For you are all sons of God, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus. ²⁷For as many of you as have been baptized in Christ have become clothed with Christ. ²⁸There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither servant nor free; there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. ²⁹And if you are Christ’s, then are you the offspring of Abraham, heirs according to the promise.

¹See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we would be called, and would become, the sons of God. Because of this, the world does not know us, for it did not know him. ²Most beloved, we are now the sons of God. But what we shall be then has not yet appeared. We know that when he does appear, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

¹“Do not let your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe in me also.

¹⁸The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth. ¹⁹He will do the will of those who fear him, and he will heed their supplication and accomplish their salvation.

³⁵Then who will separate us from the love of Christ? Tribulation? Or anguish? Or famine? Or nakedness? Or peril? Or persecution? Or the sword? ³⁶For it is as it has been written: “For your sake, we are being put to death all day long. We are being treated like sheep for the slaughter.” ³⁷But in all these things we overcome, because of him who has loved us. ³⁸For I am certain that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor Principalities, nor Powers, nor the present things, nor the future things, nor strength, ³⁹nor the heights, nor the depths, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

²¹And this shall be: whoever shall invoke the name of the Lord will be saved.’

¹⁸Fear is not in love. Instead, perfect love casts out fear, for fear pertains to punishment. And whoever fears is not perfected in love.

⁹The Lord is not delaying his promise, as some imagine, but he does act patiently for your sake, not wanting anyone to perish, but wanting all to be turned back to penance.

⁸The Lord is compassionate and merciful, patient and full of mercy. ⁹The Lord is sweet to all things, and his compassion is upon all his works. ¹⁰O Lord, may all your works confess to you, and let your holy ones bless you.

⁶I, the Lord, have called you in justice, and I have taken your hand and preserved you. And I have presented you as a covenant of the people, as a light to the Gentiles, ⁷so that you may open the eyes of the blind, and lead out the prisoner from confinement and those sitting in darkness from the house of incarceration. ⁸I am the Lord; this is my name. I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things.

¹²For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. For the same Lord is over all, richly in all who call upon him.

⁵For you are sweet and mild, Lord, and plentiful in mercy to all who call upon you.

¹⁰Therefore, while we have time, we should do good works toward everyone, and most of all toward those who are of the household of the faith.

⁴Let the peoples confess to you, O God. Let all the peoples confess to you. ⁵May the nations rejoice and exult. For you judge the peoples with equity, and you direct the nations on earth. ⁶Let the peoples confess to you, O God. Let all the peoples confess to you.