For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen by race. God who is over all be blessed for ever.
Praise befits the upright.
Make melody to him with the ten stringed instrument. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.