Study Desk

If one of you tells him, "Go in peace; stay warm and well fed," but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that?

You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that-and shudder.

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.

You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail for the misery to come upon you.

Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil-how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

who through faith are shielded by God's power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials

Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy."

For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,

He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.

Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

For, "All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

For it stands in Scripture: "See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame."