CSB Study Bible

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.

The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me. o LORD, your faithful love endures forever; do not abandon the work of your hands.

Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. h 8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.

Therefore we do not give up. d Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person e is being renewed day by day. 17 For our momentary light affliction f is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. g 18 So we do not focus on what is seen, h but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is u

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18

You see that faith was active together with his works, and by works, faith was made complete, a 23 and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, A,b and he was called God’s friend. c 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

We know that all things work together B for the good C of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.