Banner of Love

Matthew 22:39English Standard Version (ESV)

39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

James 2:8English Standard Version (ESV)

8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

Song of Solomon 2:4English Standard Version (ESV)

4 He brought me to the banqueting house,[a]
    and his banner over me was love.

Faithful God

Deuteronomy 7:9English Standard Version (ESV)

9 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

Psalm 86:15English Standard Version (ESV)

15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
    slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Zechariah 8:8English Standard Version (ESV)

8 and I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.”

Mind on the Spirit

Romans 8:6-8English Standard Version (ESV)

6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

John 1:4English Standard Version (ESV)

4 In him was life,[a] and the life was the light of men.

Genesis 32:30English Standard Version (ESV)

30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel,[a] saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.”

Do I Stand in Grace?

Romans 5:1-2English Standard Version (ESV)

Peace with God Through Faith

5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith[b] into this grace in which we stand, and we[c] rejoice[d] in hope of the glory of God.

Revelation 20:12English Standard Version (ESV)

12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books,according to what they had done.

Live by Faith

Galatians 2:20English Standard Version (ESV)

20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Romans 1:17English Standard Version (ESV)

17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith,[a] as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”[b]

Jesus Redefined Weakness

2 Corinthians 13:4English Standard Version (ESV)

4 For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.

1 Corinthians 2:3English Standard Version (ESV)

3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling,

2 Corinthians 12:10English Standard Version (ESV)

10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Power of God's Grace

2 Corinthians 12:9English Standard Version (ESV)

9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Ephesians 2:8-9English Standard Version (ESV)

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

2 Corinthians 13:4English Standard Version (ESV)

4 For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.