And may God, the source of patience and encouragement, enable you to have the same point of view among yourselves by following the example of Christ Jesus,

May God, the source of hope, fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him, so that your hope will continue to grow by the power of the Holy Spirit.

May God, our source of peace, be with all of you. Amen.

And God, our source of peace, will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

because God does not want us to be in disorder but in harmony and peace. As in all the churches of God's people,

Our message is that God was making all human beings his friends through Christ. God did not keep an account of their sins, and he has given us the message which tells how he makes them his friends.

Put into practice what you learned and received from me, both from my words and from my actions. And the God who gives us peace will be with you.

May the Lord himself, who is our source of peace, give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all.

God has raised from death our Lord Jesus, who is the Great Shepherd of the sheep as the result of his blood, by which the eternal covenant is sealed. May the God of peace provide you with every good thing you need in order to do his will, and may he, through Jesus Christ, do in us what pleases him. And to Christ be the glory forever and ever! Amen.

But after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who calls you to share his eternal glory in union with Christ, will himself perfect you and give you firmness, strength, and a sure foundation.

In this way he will strengthen you, and you will be perfect and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all who belong to him.

God wants you to be holy and completely free from sexual immorality.

Obey my laws, because I am the LORD and I make you holy."

You shall be holy and belong only to me, because I am the LORD and I am holy. I have set you apart from the other nations so that you would belong to me alone.

When I place my Temple there to be among them forever, then the nations will know that I, the LORD, have chosen Israel to be my own people."

And for their sake I dedicate myself to you, in order that they, too, may be truly dedicated to you.

"And now I commend you to the care of God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build you up and give you the blessings God has for all his people.

You are to open their eyes and turn them from the darkness to the light and from the power of Satan to God, so that through their faith in me they will have their sins forgiven and receive their place among God's chosen people.'

To the church of God which is in Corinth, to all who are called to be God's holy people, who belong to him in union with Christ Jesus, together with all people everywhere who worship our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:

He purifies people from their sins, and both he and those who are made pure all have the same Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them his family.

You were chosen according to the purpose of God the Father and were made a holy people by his Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be purified by his blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure.

From Jude, servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James--- To those who have been called by God, who live in the love of God the Father and the protection of Jesus Christ:

The word of God is alive and active, sharper than any double-edged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit meet, to where joints and marrow come together. It judges the desires and thoughts of the heart.

In this way he will strengthen you, and you will be perfect and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all who belong to him.

He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be faultless on the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God is to be trusted, the God who called you to have fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.

He did this to dedicate the church to God by his word, after making it clean by washing it in water,

in order to present the church to himself in all its beauty---pure and faultless, without spot or wrinkle or any other imperfection.

And so I am sure that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus.

so that you will be able to choose what is best. Then you will be free from all impurity and blame on the Day of Christ.

so that you may be innocent and pure as God's perfect children, who live in a world of corrupt and sinful people. You must shine among them like stars lighting up the sky,

as you offer them the message of life. If you do so, I shall have reason to be proud of you on the Day of Christ, because it will show that all my effort and work have not been wasted.

But now, by means of the physical death of his Son, God has made you his friends, in order to bring you, holy, pure, and faultless, into his presence.

To him who is able to keep you from falling and to bring you faultless and joyful before his glorious presence---