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because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
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“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
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It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
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Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
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Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience,
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so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you.
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For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
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A Living Sacrifice
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.
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and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing the praises of your name.”
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Present Weakness and Resurrection Life
Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.
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Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule—to the Israel of God.
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But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
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Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.
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To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
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Praise to God for a Living Hope
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
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Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son, will be with us in truth and love.
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keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
