1Pet1:22Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth
so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from
the heart. 23For you have been born again, not
of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of
God. 24For,
"All men are like grass,
and all their glory is like the
flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
25but
the word of the Lord stands forever." (Isa40:6-8)
And this is the word that was preached to you. - NIV
Rm15:1We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of
the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2Let each of us please his
neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3For Christ did not please
himself, but as it is written, "The reproaches [insults] of those who reproached you
fell on me." 4For whatever was written in former days was
written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the
encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. 5May the God of
[who gives] endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony
[unity] with one another,
in accord with [as you follow] Christ Jesus, 6that together you may with one
[heart and] voice
glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7Therefore
welcome [accept] one another as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of [to
bring praise to] God. - ESV
1Jhn2:14I write to you, fathers,
because you know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
because you are strong,
and the word of God abides [lives] in
you,
and you have overcome the evil one. - ESV
1Jhn3:16This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for
us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 17If anyone
has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him,
how can the love of God be in him? 18Dear children, let us not love
with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 19This then is
how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in
his presence 20whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater
than our hearts, and he knows everything.
21Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before
God 22and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his
commands and do what pleases him. 23And this is his command: to
believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he
commanded us. 24Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in
them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he
gave us. - NIV
1Pet5:12By [with the help of] Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him,
I have written
briefly to you, exhorting [encouraging] and declaring that this is the true grace of
God.
Stand firm in it. - ESV
2Pet3:3First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
4They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation."
5But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water.
6By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.
7By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for
fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. 8But
do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a
thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9The
Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is
patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to
repentance. 10But
the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a
roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it
will be laid bare. - NIV
2Pet3:15Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.
16He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters.
His letters contain some things that are hard to
understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
17Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position.
18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. - NIV
Also see: Jesus Christ - The Teacher
and The Spirit Teaches Us
Challenge: True Life