Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud. Love is not rude, it is not selfish, and it cannot be made angry easily. Love does not remember wrongs done against it. Love is never happy when others do wrong, but it is always happy with the truth. Love never gives up on people. It never stops trusting, never loses hope, and never quits.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
I may speak in different languages, whether human or even of angels. But if I don’t have love, I am only a noisy bell or a ringing cymbal. I may have the gift of prophecy, I may understand all secrets and know everything there is to know, and I may have faith so great that I can move mountains. But even with all this, if I don’t have love, I am nothing. I may give away everything I have to help others, and I may even give my body as an offering to be burned. But I gain nothing by doing all this if I don’t have love.
1 Corinthians 13:1-3
Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.
Romans 2:1-2
Jesus said to them, “The Father is the only one who has the authority to decide dates and times. They are not for you to know. But the Holy Spirit will come on you and give you power. You will be my witnesses. You will tell people everywhere about me—in Jerusalem, in the rest of Judea, in Samaria, and in every part of the world.”
Acts 1:7-8
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
Ephesians 6:10
When I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.
Psalm 56:3
I say to the Lord, “You are my place of safety, my fortress. My God, I trust in you.”
Psalm 91:2
We had all wandered away like sheep. We had gone our own way. And yet the Lord put all our guilt on him [Jesus].
Isaiah 53:6
This is my prayer for you:
that your love will grow more and more; that you will have knowledge and understanding with your love; that you will see the difference between what is important and what is not and choose what is important; that you will be pure and blameless [the fruit of righteousness] for the coming of Christ; that your life will be full of the many good works that are produced by Jesus Christ to bring glory and praise to God.
Philippians 1:9-11