Speaking Up

Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children

Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,

Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.

Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise.