Light dawns in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious, merciful, and righteous.
And your life will be brighter than the noonday; its darkness will be like the morning.
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday.
Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.
Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.
If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),
I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.
I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.
By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.
Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.
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