mind battles

²And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.

¹Since Christ has suffered in the flesh, you also should be armed with the same intention. For he who suffers in the flesh desists from sin,

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

⁷Therefore, be subject to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

³The old error has gone away. You will serve peace: peace, for we have hoped in you.

¹⁶All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice, ¹⁷so that the man of God may be perfect, having been trained for every good work.

¹⁵All things are clean to those who are clean. But to those who are defiled, and to unbelievers, nothing is clean; for both their mind and their conscience have been polluted.

¹⁶For who has known the mind of the Lord, so that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

⁵For this understanding in you was also in Christ Jesus:

⁸For a man who is of two minds is inconstant in all his ways.

⁸Jesus Christ, yesterday and today; Jesus Christ forever.

¹The Praise of a Canticle, of David. Whoever dwells with the assistance of the Most High will abide in the protection of the God of heaven. ²He will say to the Lord, “You are my supporter and my refuge.” My God, I will hope in him. ³For he has freed me from the snare of those who go hunting, and from the harsh word. ⁴He will overshadow you with his shoulders, and you will hope under his wings. ⁵His truth will surround you with a shield. You will not be afraid: before the terror of the night, ⁶before the arrow flying in the day, before the troubles that wander in the darkness, nor of invasion and the midday demon.

⁹But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

²With my voice, I cried out to the Lord. With my voice, I made supplication to the Lord. ³In his sight, I pour out my prayer, and before him, I declare my tribulation. ⁴Though my spirit may become faint within me, even then, you have known my paths. Along this way, which I have been walking, they have hidden a snare for me. ⁵I considered toward the right, and I looked, but there was no one who would know me. Flight has perished before me, and there is no one who has concern for my soul. ⁶I cried out to you, O Lord. I said: You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living. ⁷Attend to my supplication. For I have been humbled exceedingly. Free me from my persecutors, for they have been fortified against me.

¹⁵I will be trained in your commandments, and I will consider your ways.