“Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth;Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises.. . .Before the LORD,for He is coming to judge
“Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus,that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth.This was the first census taken
“As to this salvation,the prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to youmade careful searches and inquiries,seeking to know what person or time
“For our citizenship is in heaven,from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior,the Lord Jesus Christ;who will transform the body of our humble state
“For the grace of God has appeared,bringing salvation to all men,instructing us to deny ungodlinessand worldly desiresand to live sensibly,righteously andgodly in the present age,looking
“By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise,as in a foreign land,dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob,fellow heirs of the
“The words of the LORD are pure words;As silver tried in the furnace on the earth,refined seven times.You, O LORD, will keep them;You will preserve
“And she said,“Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”Then he said,“Go,borrow vessels at large for yourself from all your neighbors,even
“By awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,but against the rulers,against the powers,against the world forces of this darkness,against the spiritual forces of wickedness