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17So if anyone is a new creature in Christ, what is old has passed away. Behold, all things have been made new.
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.
18You need not call to mind the past, nor consider the things of antiquity. 19Behold, I am accomplishing new things. And presently, they will spring forth. With certainty, you will know them. I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in an impassible place.
19Behold, I am accomplishing new things. And presently, they will spring forth. With certainty, you will know them. I will make a way in the desert, and rivers in an impassible place.
22to set aside your earlier behavior, the former man, who was corrupted, by means of desire, unto error, 23and so be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24and so put on the new man, who, in accord with God, is created in justice and in the holiness of truth.
22HETH. By the mercies of the Lord, we are not consumed. For his compassion has not passed away. 23HETH. I know it at first light; great is your faithfulness. 24HETH. “The Lord is my portion,” said my soul. Because of this, I will wait for him.
31But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.
18Fear is not in love. Instead, perfect love casts out fear, for fear pertains to punishment. And whoever fears is not perfected in love.
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy has regenerated us into a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead:
7so much so that, if your former things were small, your latter things would be multiplied greatly.
1A Canticle in steps. I have lifted up my eyes to the mountains; from thence help will come to me. 2My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 3May he not allow your foot to be moved, and may he not slumber, who guards you. 4Behold, he who guards Israel will neither sleep, nor slumber. 5The Lord is your keeper, the Lord is your protection, above your right hand. 6The sun will not burn you by day, nor the moon by night.
47Because of this, I tell you: many sins are forgiven her, because she has loved much. But he who is forgiven less, loves less.”
1“So then, if you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, so as to keep and do all of his commandments, which I instruct to you this day, the Lord your God will cause you to be more exalted than all the nations which exist upon the earth. 2And all these blessings shall come to you and take hold of you, but only if you listen to his precepts. 3Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed in the field. 4Blessed shall be the fruit of your loins, and the fruit of your land, and the fruit of your cattle, the droves of your herds, and the folds of your sheep. 5Blessed shall be your barns, and blessed your storehouses. 6Blessed shall you be entering and departing.
13Brothers, I do not consider that I have already attained this. Instead, I do one thing: forgetting those things that are behind, and extending myself toward those things that are ahead, 14I pursue the destination, the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.
1In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.