We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
"No good tree bears bad fruit,
nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own
fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers.
The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart,
and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his
heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks."
But among you there must not be
even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of
greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. Nor should
there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of
place, but rather thanksgiving. For of this you can be sure: No immoral,
impure or greedy person -- such a man is an idolater -- has any
inheritance in the kingdom of Christ añd of God.
"Because he loves me," says the LORD, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name."