"Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and came upon each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them power to proclaim." (Acts 2:3-4)

". . . in our own languages we hear them speaking about God's deeds of power." (Acts 2:11b)

"What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 1;9) "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away . . . And the one who was seated on the throne said, 'See, I am making all things new.'" (Revelation 21:1,5)

"The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully," (2 Corinthians 9:6)

"God will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more . . . And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, each of the gates is a single pearl, and the street of the city is pure gold . . . (Revelation 21:4, 21)

"Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse; but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called - that you might inherit a blessing." (1 Peter 3:9)

"I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter;kill and eat.' But I replied, 'By no means, Lord; for nothing profane or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' But a second time the voice answered from heaven, 'What God has made clean, you must not call profane.' This happened three times; then everything was pulled up again to heaven." (Acts 11:7-10)

"Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.'" (John 6:35)

"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us ..." (Hebrews 12:1)

"For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'" (Galatians 5:14)