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The wickedness of man

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1 A wicked man is very wicked when he says to himself, “I will not fear, nor will I honor God.”
Psalm 36: 1

2 The man lied to himself. He does not see his sins, so he does not ask forgiveness.
Psalm 36: 2

3 His words are vain lies. He does not become wise or he does not learn to do good.
Psalm 36: 3

4 At night, he plans to be lazy. He stays awake and does nothing good. But he does not refuse to do evil.
Psalm 36: 4

5 Your true love is higher than the heavens. Your loyalty is higher than the clouds.
Psalm 36: 5

6 Your righteousness is higher than the highest mountain. Your fairness is deeper than the oceans. Lord, you protect man and beast.
Psalm 36: 6

7 There is nothing more precious than your loving kindness. People and angels come to you for protection.
Psalm 36: 7

8 Lord, they draw new strength from the good things in your house. You let them drink the water of your wonderful river.
Psalm 36: 8

9 Lord, the fountain of life flows from you. In your light, we see the light.
Psalm 36: 9

10 Lord, love those people. Those who really know you. And do good to those who are true to you.
Psalm 36:10

11 Lord, don’t let me fall into the trap of arrogant people. I will not be caught by the wicked.
Psalm 36:11

12 Write these on their graves; “The wicked have fallen. They have been crushed. They will never be able to stand again.”
Psalm 36:12

Charity for believers

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1 Now, I am writing about God’s people raising money. Do as I told the church in Galatia to do.
1 Corinthians 16: 1

2 Every first day of the week, each of you should make a certain amount of money according to your salary. Keep this money in a special place. Then you will not have to collect your money when I come.
1 Corinthians 16: 2

3 When I come, I will send some people to Jerusalem to receive your offerings. These are the people you will select for this purpose, I will give them letters of introduction.
1 Corinthians 16: 3

4 If it pleases me to go also, then these men will go with me.
1 Corinthians 16: 4

5 My plan is to go through Macedonia. So after traveling through Macedonia, I will come to you.
1 Corinthians 16: 5

6 Maybe I will stay with you for a while. Maybe I’ll stay all winter. Then you can help me on my journey wherever I go.
1 Corinthians 16: 6

7 I do not wish to see you this time, for it is only a matter of time. If God wills, I hope to stay with you for a long time.
1 Corinthians 16: 7

8 But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost.
1 Corinthians 16: 8

9 I will stay here for an occasion. I have a big and fruitful work to do there. Many people are against it.
1 Corinthians 16: 9

10 Timothy may come to you. Trying to make his stay comfortable. He, like me, is working for the Lord.
1 Corinthians 16:10

11 Therefore let none of you disobey him. Help him in his journey peacefully so that he can come back to me. I, along with the other brothers, look forward to his return.
1 Corinthians 16:11

12 Now concerning my brother Apollos, I strongly urged him to come to you with his brothers. But of course he didn’t want to come now. But whenever he gets a chance to see you, he will come to you.
1 Corinthians 16:12

To die and to live with Christ

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1 Do you think that we should keep on sinning so that God may have mercy on us? Certainly not.
Romans 6: 1

2 We have died for our old sinful life. How, then, can we continue to live in sin?
Romans 6: 2

3 Have you forgotten that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have become part of him? We have shared his death that we received through his baptism.
Romans 6: 3

4 Wherefore when we were baptized, we were buried with Christ, and shared in his death. We are buried with Christ so that we may be resurrected and live a new life. All this happened just as Christ was raised from the dead by the great power of the Father.
Romans 6: 4

5 Christ died, and because we have shared with him in death, we will be reunited with him in his resurrection.
Romans 6: 5

6 We know that our former sinful nature was crucified with Jesus. This happened so that our sinful nature would not have any control over us. Let us no longer be slaves to sin.
Romans 6: 6

7 Anyone who has died is free from the power of sin.
Romans 6: 7

8 If we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.
Romans 6: 8

9 For we know that Christ, being raised from the dead, cannot die again. Now death has no power over him.
Romans 6: 9

10 For Christ died for our sins once and for all. And the life he is living now is for God.
Romans 6:10

11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin. But live for God through Christ Jesus.
Romans 6:11

12 But do not let sin control your life here on earth. You must not succumb to the evil desires of your sinful mind.
Romans 6:12