I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts.
I will look with favor on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way that is blameless shall minister to me.
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.
Then those who feared the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who feared the Lord and esteemed his name. “They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
Let those who fear you turn to me, that they may know your testimonies.
Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name! The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me.
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,
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