Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, for when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

Listen, my beloved brethren: has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

We love because he first loved us.

By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.

Hate

I do not understand what I do. For I do not do what I want to do, but I do what I hate.

Let love be genuine. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

Preserveth

Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who are called according to his purpose.

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

Delivereth

And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.

and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men; for not all have faith.

We know that anyone born of God does not sin; but he who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.

and all who dwell on earth will worship it, every one whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slain.