But now, since you have been set free from sin and have become enslaved to God, you have your fruit, which results in sanctification #– #and the outcome is eternal life!
I will make known the Lord’s faithful love and the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, because of all the Lord has done for us – even the many good things he has done for the house of Israel, which he did for them based on his compassion and the abundance of his faithful love.
A close relative and burner , will remove his corpse from the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, ‘Any more with you? ’ That person will reply, ‘None.’ Then he will say, ‘Silence, because the Lord’s name must not be invoked.’
This is what your Lord says – the Lord, even your God, who defends his people – ‘Look, I have removed from your hand the cup that causes staggering; that goblet, the cup of my fury. You will never drink it again.
and so that you do not associate with these nations remaining among you. Do not call on the names of their gods or make an oath to them; do not serve them or bow in worship to them.
For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it?
You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right; they remember you in your ways. But we have sinned, and you were angry. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?