Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. ³² I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. ⁹ Show hospitality (philoxenia = friend stranger) to one another without grumbling. ¹⁰ As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: ¹¹ whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵ Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. ¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.”

“The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.”

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, ¹² to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up ¹³ until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. ¹⁵ Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. ¹⁶ From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.