Jesus, then, is the High Priest that meets our needs. He is holy; he has no fault or sin in him; he has been set apart from sinners and raised above the heavens.

He examines the good and the wicked alike; the lawless he hates with all his heart.

The LORD loves what is righteous and just; his constant love fills the earth.

for the LORD loves what is right and does not abandon his faithful people. He protects them forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be driven out.

How I love to do your will, my God! I keep your teaching in my heart."

you love what is right and hate what is evil. That is why God, your God, has chosen you and has poured out more happiness on you than on any other king.

The LORD says, "I love justice and I hate oppression and crime. I will faithfully reward my people And make an eternal covenant with them.

I gain wisdom from your laws, and so I hate all bad conduct.

And so I follow all your instructions; I hate all wrong ways.

To honor the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and false words.

Hate what is evil, love what is right, and see that justice prevails in the courts. Perhaps the LORD will be merciful to the people of this nation who are still left alive.

Do not plan ways of harming one another. Do not give false testimony under oath. I hate lying, injustice, and violence."

Love must be completely sincere. Hate what is evil, hold on to what is good.

But this is what you have in your favor: you hate what the Nicolaitans do, as much as I do.

"If you have ears, then, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches! "To those who win the victory I will give the right to eat the fruit of the tree of life that grows in the Garden of God.

In the same way you have people among you who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

He will say to me, 'You are my father and my God; you are my protector and savior.'

"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."

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus---blessed be his name forever!---knows that I am not lying.

Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! For in our union with Christ he has blessed us by giving us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly world.

Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of his great mercy he gave us new life by raising Jesus Christ from death. This fills us with a living hope,

Their kings revolt, their rulers plot together against the LORD and against the king he chose.

"On Zion, my sacred hill," he says, "I have installed my king."

I have made my servant David king by anointing him with holy oil.

The Sovereign LORD has filled me with his Spirit. He has chosen me and sent me To bring good news to the poor, To heal the broken-hearted, To announce release to captives And freedom to those in prison.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed

At once he found his brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah." (This word means "Christ.")

The one whom God has sent speaks God's words, because God gives him the fullness of his Spirit.

For indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together in this city with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Jesus, your holy Servant, whom you made Messiah.

You know about Jesus of Nazareth and how God poured out on him the Holy Spirit and power. He went everywhere, doing good and healing all who were under the power of the Devil, for God was with him.

You prepare a banquet for me, where all my enemies can see me; you welcome me as an honored guest and fill my cup to the brim.

To give to those who mourn in Zion Joy and gladness instead of grief, A song of praise instead of sorrow. They will be like trees That the LORD himself has planted. They will all do what is right, And God will be praised for what he has done.

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.

But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

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.

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

What we have seen and heard we announce to you also, so that you will join with us in the fellowship that we have with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.