• When you help someone who is spreading the Good News, you become a partner in their ministry. • Don't let bad examples influence you. Follow only what is good. Remember that those who do good prove that they are God’s children, and those who do evil prove that they do not know God. Read it online

• Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome. For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. • Those who don’t believe...sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them. We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one. Read it online

• Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning because God’s life is in them. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God... • Don't just say that you love one another; show it by your actions. • This is God's commandment: We must believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another. Read it online

• If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth. But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That...you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. • Anyone who denies the Son doesn’t have the Father either. But anyone who acknowledges the Son has the Father also. Read it online

• Wives must accept the authority of their husbands. Then, even if some refuse to obey the Good News, the wife's godly life will speak to them without any words. • Instead of being concerned about outward...with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. • If someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it with gentleness and respect. Read it online

• Get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech. • Believers are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. Those who reject Jesus...they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will give honor to God when he judges the world. • For the Lord's sake, respect all human authority. Read it online

• Trials show that your faith is genuine. They test your faith like fire tests and purifies gold. • The Old Testament prophets wrote about Jesus under the Holy Spirit's inspiration. They wondered when...slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. Read it online