People with integrity walk safely, but those who follow crooked paths will slip and fall.

Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.

The prudent understand where they are going, but fools deceive themselves.

If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.

But among you it will be different. Those who are the greatest among you should take the lowest rank, and the leader should be like a servant.

We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.

Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.