But you, dear friends, as you build yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting expectantly for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for eternal life.

Therefore, with your minds ready for action, be sober-minded and set your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are protected.

Now you too, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.

The one who lives under the protection of the Most High dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.

Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

May your priests be clothed with righteousness, and may your faithful people shout for joy.

The Lord your God is among you, a warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with gladness. He will be quiet[a] in his love. He will delight in you with singing.

“Since the days of your fathers, you have turned from my statutes; you have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of Armies. Yet you ask, “How can we return?”

In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit.