17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new *creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

10 Create *in me a clean heart, God,

And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

11 Do not cast me away from Your presence,

And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,

And sustain me with a willing spirit.

1 Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, *acceptable to God, which is your *spiritual service of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this *world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may *prove what the will of God is, that which is good and *acceptable and perfect.

20 I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and *the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

11 For I know the plans that I *have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for *prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

6 Do not *be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and pleading with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all *comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a worker who *does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.

6 Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or in dread of them, for the Lord your God is the One who is going with you. He will not desert you or abandon you."

13 "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how *can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by people.

29 Let no *unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but if there is any good word for edification *according to the need of the moment, say that, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

16 Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day. 17 For our momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, 18 while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.