And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ, developing and perfecting and bringing it to full completion.
Practice what you have learned and seen in me and model your way of living on it, and the God of peace will be with you.
For we have seen His star in the east at its rising and have come to worship Him.
Oh, how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear, revere and worship You, goodness which You have wrought for those who trust and take refuge in You before the sons of men!
Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to be My disciple, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
And I tell you, You are Peter, and on this rock I will build M y church, and the gates of Hades willnot overpower it.
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth must be what is already bound
in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth must be what is already loosed in heaven.
And He said, This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless it is granted him by the Father.
Simon Peter answered, Lord to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
The bread which we break, does it not mean that in eating it we participate in and share a fellowship, a communion in the body of Christ?
Seek first of all His kingdom and His righteousness, and then all these things will be given you besides.