Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.

When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.

He does not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

“For our God is a consuming fire.”

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.

He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Everyone who does not listen to Him will be completely cut off from among his people.’

The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.” His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.” They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus. So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.

and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire. If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, . . .

Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.