Psalm 31:1-5

Psalm 30 Psalm 32

Psalm 31:1-5 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Psalm 31

Prayer and Praise for Deliverance from Enemies

To the leader. A Psalm of David.

¹In you, O Lord, I seek refuge;
    do not let me ever be put to shame;
    in your righteousness deliver me.
²Incline your ear to me;
    rescue me speedily.
Be a rock of refuge for me,
    a strong fortress to save me.

³You are indeed my rock and my fortress;
    for your name’s sake lead me and guide me,
⁴take me out of the net that is hidden for me,
    for you are my refuge.
⁵Into your hand I commit my spirit;
    you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.

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Psalm 31:15-16

Psalm 30 Psalm 32

Psalm 31:15-16 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

¹⁵My times are in your hand;
deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.
¹⁶Let your face shine upon your servant;
save me in your steadfast love.

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1 Peter 3:13-22

1 Peter 2 1 Peter 4

1 Peter 3:13-22 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

¹³Now who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good? ¹⁴But even if you do suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear,^[a] and do not be intimidated, ¹⁵but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you; ¹⁶yet do it with gentleness and reverence.^[b] Keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame. ¹⁷For it is better to suffer for doing good, if suffering should be God’s will, than to suffer for doing evil. ¹⁸For Christ also suffered^[c] for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, in order to bring you^[d] to God. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, ¹⁹in which also he went and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison, ²⁰who in former times did not obey, when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, during the building of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water. ²¹And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body, but as an appeal to God for^[e] a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ²²who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.

Footnotes:

1 Peter 3:14 Gk their fear
1 Peter 3:16 Or respect
1 Peter 3:18 Other ancient authorities read died
1 Peter 3:18 Other ancient authorities read us
1 Peter 3:21 Or a pledge to God from

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John 14:15-21

John 13 John 15

John 14:15-21 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

¹⁵“If you love me, you will keep^[a] my commandments. ¹⁶And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate,^[b] to be with you forever. ¹⁷This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in^[c] you.

¹⁸“I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. ¹⁹In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also will live. ²⁰On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. ²¹They who have my commandments and keep them are those who love me; and those who love me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”