In the beginning
God created the heavens
and the earth.

For if you forgive others their trespasses,
your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
But if you do not forgive others,
then your Father
will not forgive your trespasses.

When you were dead in your sins
and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature,
God made you alive with Christ.
He forgave us all our sins…

Put on the full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil.

be strong in the Lord
[draw your strength from Him and be empowered
through your union with Him] and in the power of His
[boundless] might. Put on the full armor of God [for
His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavilyarmed
soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully]
stand up against all the schemes and the
strategies and the deceits of the devil.

Put on the full armor of God [for His precepts are like the splendid armor of a heavily-armed soldier], so that you may be able to [successfully] stand up against all the schemes and the strategies and the deceits of the devil.

and Makir son of Ammiel … brought bedding and bowls and articles of pottery. They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils, honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.”

News of this reached the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. When he arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts. He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

And bring the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us feast, and be merry:
For this my son was dead, and is alive again;
he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.