But in keeping with His promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.

For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God

For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy are in His dwelling place.

Then God said, Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground. So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

But your iniquities have separated you from God your sins have hidden his face from you so that he will not hear you

And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me.”

In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.