Obedient Children
1 Peter 1:14-17 CSB As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires of your former ignorance. [15] But as the one who called you is holy, you also are to be holy in all your conduct; [16] for…
Grace by Faith
1 Peter 1:8-13 CSB Though you have not seen him, you love him; though not seeing him now, you believe in him, and you rejoice with inexpressible and glorious joy, [9] because you are receiving the goal of your faith,…
The Letters of Peter
1 Peter 1:1-7 CSB Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ: To those chosen, living as exiles dispersed abroad in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen [2] according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of…
The Lord’s Name
James 5:12-20 CSB Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “yes” mean “yes,” and your “no” mean “no,” so that you won’t fall under…
Living in Eternity
James 5:7-11 CSB Therefore, brothers and sisters, be patient until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and is patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. [8]…
The Temptation of Wealth
James 5:1-6 CSB Come now, you rich people, weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you. [2] Your wealth has rotted and your clothes are moth-eaten. [3] Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will…
Pride Before the Fall
James 4:13-17 CSB Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.” [14] Yet you do not know what tomorrow…
The Unpayable Debt
James 4:11-12 CSB Don’t criticize one another, brothers and sisters. Anyone who defames or judges a fellow believer defames and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. [12]…
Lord of All
James 4:1-10 CSB What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from your passions that wage war within you? [2] You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight…
Imitate our Heavenly Father
James 3:13-18 CSB Who among you is wise and understanding? By his good conduct he should show that his works are done in the gentleness that comes from wisdom. [14] But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in…