I am the gate. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.

Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction i or distress or persecution j or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: Because of you we are being put to death all day long; k we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. A,l 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors m through him who loved us. n 38 For

You have never heard; you have never known; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew that you were very treacherous, and were known as a rebel from birth.

11He protects his flock like a shepherd; a he gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them in the fold of his garment. He gently leads those that are nursing.

28Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, b the Creator of the whole earth. He never becomes faint or weary; there is no limit to his understanding. c 29He gives strength to the faint and strengthens the powerless. 30Youths may become faint and weary, and young men stumble and fall, 31but those who trust in the LORD

Indeed, if you fulfill the royal law prescribed in the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself, C, n you are doing well. 9 If, however, you show favoritism, o you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the entire law, and yet stumbles at one point, is guilty of breaking it all.

For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” q has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge r of God’s glory s in the face of Jesus Christ.

No one undergoing a trial should say, “I am being tempted by God,” since God is not tempted by evil, and he himself doesn’t tempt anyone. 14 But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desire.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.