Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope. (ESV) Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we...

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. (ESV) No discipline seems pleasant at the time,...

Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. (ESV) He cuts off every branch in me...

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law. (ESV) Blessed is the one you discipline, Lord, the one you teach from your law. (NIV) Dive Deeper...

For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. (ESV) Whoever sows to please...

And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh....

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. (ESV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old...

The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. (ESV) The righteous will...

He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream,and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of...