They said to Moses, "If you speak to us, we will listen; but we are afraid that if God speaks to us, we will die."

The people of Israel said to Moses, "Then that's the end of us!

When he saw Jesus, he gave a loud cry, threw himself down at his feet, and shouted, "Jesus, Son of the Most High God! What do you want with me? I beg you, don't punish me!"

Then all the people from that territory asked Jesus to go away, because they were terribly afraid. So Jesus got into the boat and left.

And when he comes, he will prove to the people of the world that they are wrong about sin and about what is right and about God's judgment.

When the people heard this, they were deeply troubled and said to Peter and the other apostles, "What shall we do, brothers?"

The jailer called for a light, rushed in, and fell trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.

We have not received this world's spirit; instead, we have received the Spirit sent by God, so that we may know all that God has given us.

For the Spirit that God has given us does not make us timid; instead, his Spirit fills us with power, love, and self-control.

and in this way set free those who were slaves all their lives because of their fear of death.

You have not come, as the people of Israel came, to what you can feel, to Mount Sinai with its blazing fire, the darkness and the gloom, the storm,

because they could not bear the order which said, "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death."

Instead, you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, with its thousands of angels.

You have come to Jesus, who arranged the new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that promises much better things than does the blood of Abel.

Do you believe that there is only one God? Good! The demons also believe---and tremble with fear.

There is no fear in love; perfect love drives out all fear. So then, love has not been made perfect in anyone who is afraid, because fear has to do with punishment.

God's Spirit joins himself to our spirits to declare that we are God's children.

then your name will be remembered in my Temple and among my people longer than if you had sons and daughters. You will never be forgotten."

The LORD says, "Israel, I wanted to accept you as my child and give you a delightful land, the most beautiful land in all the world. I wanted you to call me father and never again turn away from me.

We have not received this world's spirit; instead, we have received the Spirit sent by God, so that we may know all that God has given us.

to redeem those who were under the Law, so that we might become God's children.

So then, you are no longer a slave but a child. And since you are his child, God will give you all that he has for his children.

God had already decided that through Jesus Christ he would make us his children---this was his pleasure and purpose.

All things are done according to God's plan and decision; and God chose us to be his own people in union with Christ because of his own purpose, based on what he had decided from the very beginning.

And you also became God's people when you heard the true message, the Good News that brought you salvation. You believed in Christ, and God put his stamp of ownership on you by giving you the Holy Spirit he had promised.

"Father," he prayed, "my Father! All things are possible for you. Take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet not what I want, but what you want."

Jesus said to them, "When you pray, say this: 'Father: May your holy name be honored; may your Kingdom come.

"Father," he said, "if you will, take this cup of suffering away from me. Not my will, however, but your will be done."

"Do not hold on to me," Jesus told her, "because I have not yet gone back up to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them that I am returning to him who is my Father and their Father, my God and their God."