Blessed is the person who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him.

Listen, my dearly loved brothers. Has not God chosen the poor of the world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

You must continue to love Him, although you have never seen Him, but because you do believe in Him, although you do not now see Him, you must continue to rejoice with an unutterable and triumphant joy,

We love, because He loved us first.

This is how we can be sure that we love the children of God, by continuing to love God and to obey His commands.

Hate

Indeed, I do not understand what I do, for I do not practice what I want to do, but I am always doing what I hate.

Your love must be true. You must always turn in horror from what is wrong, but keep on holding to what is right.

Preserveth

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

Yes, we know that all things go on working together for the good of those who keep on loving God, who are called in accordance with God's purpose.

who are always guarded by the power of God through faith, in order that you may receive that final salvation which will be ready to be uncovered for you at the last time.

Delivereth

Then the representative of lawlessness will be uncovered, and the Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of His mouth and put a stop to his operations by His appearance and coming;

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

We know that no one who is born of God makes a practice of sinning, but the Son who was born of God continues to keep him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

All the inhabitants of the earth whose names, from the foundation of the world, have not been written in the slaughtered Lamb's book of life, will worship him.