“And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.” Mark 13:13 . “For the sake of His love for us and obedience to His Father, Christ joyfully took upon Himself insult and sorrow…. In like manner, when the saints become perfect, they all …
“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” Luke 5:31,32 . “To say that God turns away from the sinful is like saying that the sun hides itself from the blind.” St Anthony the Great #repentance …
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.” James 1:17 . “Man’s merit is a free gift, and no one deserves to receive anything from the Father of lights, from whom every good gift comes …
For “He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.” 1 Peter 3:10 . “God has surrounded the tongue with a double wall—a barrier of teeth and the fence of the lips—in order that it may not easily and heedlessly utter words …
“Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8 . “Christians, should judge no one, neither an open harlot, nor sinners, nor dissolute people, but should look upon all with simplicity of soul and a pure eye. Purity of heart, indeed, consists in seeing sinful and weak men and having compassion …
