“’Do you understand what you are reading?’ And he said, ‘How can I, unless someone guides me?’” Acts 8:30,31 (English Standard Version)
“Because they formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal…
“Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in…
“The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.” Acts 17:10–11 (English Standard Version)
“For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.” 2 Peter 3:5–6 (English Standard Version)
“If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.” Matthew 16:24 (English Standard Version)
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.” Jeremiah 17:7 (English Standard Version)
“The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.” 1 Timothy 1:5 (English Standard Version)
“These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you.” John 14:25 (English Standard Version)