Study Desk

That kind of "wisdom" does not come from God but from the world. It is not spiritual; it is from the devil.

But the wisdom that comes from God is first of all pure, then peaceful, gentle, and easy to please. This wisdom is always ready to help those who are troubled and to do good for others. It is always fair and honest.

You want things, but you do not have them. So you are ready to kill and are jealous of other people, but you still cannot get what you want. So you argue and fight. You do not get what you want, because you do not ask God.

But God gives us even more grace, as the Scripture says, "God is against the proud, but he gives grace to the humble." Proverbs 3:34

But you do not know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a mist. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.

But now you are proud and you brag. All of this bragging is wrong.

Anyone who knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, is sinning.

Brothers and sisters, follow the example of the prophets who spoke for the Lord. They suffered many hard things, but they were patient.

These troubles come to prove that your faith is pure. This purity of faith is worth more than gold, which can be proved to be pure by fire but will ruin. But the purity of your faith will bring you praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is shown to you.

You have not seen Christ, but still you love him. You cannot see him now, but you believe in him. So you are filled with a joy that cannot be explained, a joy full of glory.

It was shown them that their service was not for themselves but for you, when they told about the truths you have now heard. Those who preached the Good News to you told you those things with the help of the Holy Spirit who was sent from heaven—things into which angels desire to look.

But be holy in all you do, just as God, the One who called you, is holy.

You know that in the past you were living in a worthless way, a way passed down from the people who lived before you. But you were saved from that useless life. You were bought, not with something that ruins like gold or silver,

but with the precious blood of Christ, who was like a pure and perfect lamb.

Christ was chosen before the world was made, but he was shown to the world in these last times for your sake.

You have been born again, and this new life did not come from something that dies, but from something that cannot die. You were born again through God's living message that continues forever.

but the word of the Lord will live forever." Isaiah 40:6–8 And this is the word that was preached to you.

Come to the Lord Jesus, the "stone" that lives. The people of the world did not want this stone, but he was the stone God chose, and he was precious.

This stone is worth much to you who believe. But to the people who do not believe, "the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone." Psalm 118:22

But you are a chosen people, royal priests, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession. You were chosen to tell about the wonderful acts of God, who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.