⁹ How can a young person live a pure life?
    By obeying your word.
¹⁰ With all my heart I try to obey you.
    Don’t let me break your commands.
¹¹ I have taken your words to heart
    so I would not sin against you.
¹² Lord, you should be praised.
    Teach me your demands.
¹³ My lips will tell about
    all the laws you have spoken.
¹⁴ I enjoy living by your rules
    as people enjoy great riches.
¹⁵ I think about your orders
    and study your ways.
¹⁶ I enjoy obeying your demands,
    and I will not forget your word.

¹⁷ Do good to me, your servant, so I can live,
    so I can obey your word.
¹⁸ Open my eyes to see
    the miracles in your teachings.
¹⁹ I am a stranger on earth.
    Do not hide your commands from me.
²⁰ I wear myself out with desire
    for your laws all the time.

1 Thessalonians 2

¹⁹ You are our hope, our joy, and the crown we will take pride in when our Lord Jesus Christ comes. ²⁰ Truly you are our glory and our joy.

John 15

¹⁰ I have obeyed my Father’s commands, and I remain in his love. In the same way, if you obey my commands, you will remain in my love. ¹¹ I have told you these things so that you can have the same joy I have and so that your joy will be the fullest possible joy.

New Century Version (NCV)

The Holy Bible, New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

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