1 Peter 1:15, John 4:24, Matthew 16:24, 1 John 5:2-3, Matthew 10:16, Matthew 28:19

¹⁵but ¹^,^alike the Holy One who called you, ²^,^bbe holy yourselves also ^cin all your conduct;

²⁴“God is ¹spirit, and those who worship Him must worship ^ain spirit and truth.”

Take Up Your Cross

²⁴Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and ^atake up his cross and follow Me.

²^aBy this we know that ^bwe love the children of God, when we love God and do His commandments. ³For ^athis is the love of God, that we ^bkeep His commandments; and ^cHis commandments are not burdensome.

The Promise of Persecution

¹⁶“^aBehold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so ¹be ^bshrewd as serpents and ^cinnocent as doves.

¹⁹“¹^,^aGo therefore and ^bmake disciples of ^call the nations, ^dbaptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,