Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you. Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function, so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another. . . .

The glory of young men is their strength, and gray hair is the splendor of the old.

Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.