“Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.”

John 15:4

And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.

1 John 3:23

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

Romans 8:1 (NRSV)

“because if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Romans 10:9 (NRSV)

“But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.”

Romans 5:8 (NRSV)

“Since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

Romans 6:23 (NRSV)

As it is written, “There is no one who is righteous, not even one.”

Romans 3:10 NRSV

 “Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them.”

Mark 9:2-9; v. 2-3

To the weak I became weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

1 Corinthians 9:22-23 (NRSV)

Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

1 Corinthians 8:1 (NRSV)