3 This is a good thing. And God, our Saviour, is pleased when people do it.
4 He wants all people to be saved and to know what is true.
20 First you must understand this. The words from the prophets in the holy writings did not come from their own minds.
21 The prophets did not say what they wanted to say. But the Holy Spirit made them speak. And they spoke Gods message.
8 But what do the holy writings say? They say, The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart. That means, the word to believe which we tell people.
19 I ask God that you may know the love of Christ which is more than we can ever know. I ask that you may be filled with everything that God has.
18 I tell you the truth. Until the sky and the earth are taken away, not one small part of the law will be taken away, until everything has been done.
23 You have been made Gods children. He did not make you his children by something that dies, but by something that cannot die. That is the word of God.
24 The holy writings say, People may be great. But they are like a flower on the grass. The grass dies and the flower falls off.
25 But the word of the Lord cannot die! And this word is the good news which has been told to you.
1 Long ago, God talked to our fathers through the prophets. He talked many times and in many ways.
2 In these last days, he talked to us through his Son. God chose him to be the one to whom he would give all things. God also made the world by this Son.
3 He shines as bright as God. He is just like God himself. He holds up the world by the power of his word. He made people clean from their wrong ways. Then he sat down beside God in heaven.
14 The Word became man and he lived among us. We saw with our own eyes that he is great. He is great the way God the Father made his only Son great. We saw that he is full of loving kindness and truth.
4 Everything that is in the holy writings was written to teach us. They give hope and strength when we have troubles. The holy writings comfort our hearts.
24 The holy writings say, People may be great. But they are like a flower on the grass. The grass dies and the flower falls off.
25 But the word of the Lord cannot die! And this word is the good news which has been told to you.
17 So people believe because they hear. They hear because people tell them about Christ.
18 But I ask, have they not heard? Yes, they have. The holy writings say, Their voice has gone out all over the earth. And their words have gone out all over the world.
35 The sky and the earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.