11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. ( A ) If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, ( B ) so that in all things God may be praised ( C ) through Jesus Christ.

Living for God - Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to …

Living for God - Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to …

4 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 2 That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 3 For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in ...

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance. Praise to God for a Living Hope ...

NIV, Lucado Encouraging Word Bible, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New International Version

NIV, Lucado Encouraging Word Bible, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New International Version

For if you do these things, you will never stumble, 11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ( P ) Read full chapter

Serving for God’s Glory. 7 But () the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for () “love will cover a multitude of sins.” 9 Be hospitable to one another () without grumbling. 10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, () as good stewards of () the manifold grace of God.

NIV, Lucado Encouraging Word Bible, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New International Version