James 5
Destroying Your Life from Within 1-3 And a final word to you arrogant rich: Take some lessons in lament. You’ll need buckets for the tears when the crash comes upon…
1 Peter 1
1-2 I, Peter, am an apostle on assignment by Jesus, the Messiah, writing to exiles scattered to the four winds. Not one is missing, not one forgotten. God the Father…
1 Peter 2
1-3 So clean house! Make a clean sweep of malice and pretense, envy and hurtful talk. You’ve had a taste of God. Now, like infants at the breast, drink deep…
1 Peter 3
Cultivate Inner Beauty 1-4 The same goes for you wives: Be good wives to your husbands, responsive to their needs. There are husbands who, indifferent as they are to any…
1 Peter 4
Learn to Think Like Him 1-2 Since Jesus went through everything you’re going through and more, learn to think like him. Think of your sufferings as a weaning from that…
1 Peter 5
He’ll Promote You at the Right Time 1-3 I have a special concern for you church leaders. I know what it’s like to be a leader, in on Christ’s sufferings…
2 Peter 1
1-2 I, Simon Peter, am a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. I write this to you whose experience with God is as life-changing as ours, all due to our…
2 Peter 2
Lying Religious Leaders 1-2 But there were alsolyingprophets among the people then, just as there will be lying religious teachers among you. They’ll smuggle in destructive divisions, pitting you against…
2 Peter 3
In the Last Days 1-2 My dear friends, this is now the second time I’ve written to you, both letters reminders to hold your minds in a state of undistracted…
1 John 1
1-2 From the very first day, we were there, taking it all in—we heard it with our own ears, saw it with our own eyes, verified it with our own…