But he knoweth the way that I take; he trieth me, I shall come forth as gold.

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, praise unto our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall confide in Jehovah.

for whom Jehovah loveth he chasteneth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

And the vessel that he made was marred, as clay, in the hand of the potter; and he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make.

Shall thy heart endure, shall thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I Jehovah have spoken, and will do [it].

And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

Whoever therefore hears these my words and does them, I will liken him to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock;

Nor do men put new wine into old skins, otherwise the skins burst and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.

but he who knew [it] not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to every one to whom much has been given, much shall be required from him; and to whom [men] have committed much, they will ask from him the more.

And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded to have you, to sift [you] as wheat;

but *I* have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and *thou*, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, it abides alone; but if it die, it bears much fruit.

[As to] every branch in me not bearing fruit, he takes it away; and [as to] every one bearing fruit, he purges it that it may bring forth more fruit.

Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abide in the vine, thus neither [can] ye unless ye abide in me.

We have been buried therefore with him by baptism unto death, in order that, even as Christ has been raised up from among [the] dead by the glory of the Father, so *we* also should walk in newness of life.

Neither yield your members instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but yield yourselves to God as alive from among [the] dead, and your members instruments of righteousness to God.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the compassions of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, [which is] your intelligent service.

And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of [your] mind, that ye may prove what [is] the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

No temptation has taken you but such as is according to man's nature; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able [to bear], but will with the temptation make the issue also, so that [ye] should be able to bear [it].

Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.

For our momentary [and] light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory;

So if any one [be] in Christ, [there is] a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold all things have become new:

For walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh.

For the arms of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful according to God to [the] overthrow of strongholds;

And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for [my] power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me.

Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ: for when I am weak, then I am powerful.

and being renewed in the spirit of your mind;

and [your] having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.

having confidence of this very thing, that he who has begun in you a good work will complete it unto Jesus Christ's day:

Brethren, *I* do not count to have got possession myself; but one thing forgetting the things behind, and stretching out to the things before,

I pursue, [looking] towards [the] goal, for the prize of the calling on high of God in Christ Jesus.

Strive earnestly [in] the good conflict of faith. Lay hold of eternal life, to which thou hast been called, and hast confessed the good confession before many witnesses.

Take thy share in suffering as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations,

knowing that the proving of your faith works endurance.

Subject yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Wherein ye exult, for a little while at present, if needed, put to grief by various trials,

that the proving of your faith, much more precious than of gold which perishes, though it be proved by fire, be found to praise and glory and honour in [the] revelation of Jesus Christ:

Beloved, take not [as] strange the fire [of persecution] which has taken place amongst you for [your] trial, as if a strange thing was happening to you;

but as ye have share in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, that in the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exultation.