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For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Psalm 139:13-14 KJV

What the Bible Says About Birthdays

Birthdays are mentioned only a few times in Scripture, and the examples are not especially cheerful: Pharaoh's feast in Genesis and Herod's banquet in the Gospels. Even so, the Bible has a great deal to say about the thing a birthday celebrates, which is a life received. Writers describe God shaping a person before birth, knowing them by name, and counting their days. The verses here are not birthday verses in the sense that the authors had a party in mind, but they fit the occasion well.

Several passages also deal frankly with time. a psalm attributed to Moses asks God to teach us to number our days, and the Teacher in Ecclesiastes advises people to enjoy the years they are given. These readings balance gratitude with humility, which is a healthy mood for any milestone, whether it is a first birthday or a ninetieth. A short, well-chosen verse usually means more to the person receiving it than a long passage.

Where These Themes Appear

Psalm 139 is the best-known source, with its picture of God forming a person in the womb. Jeremiah and Isaiah say similar things about being known and called from before birth. Proverbs links wisdom with long life and honors grey hair, which makes it a natural place for verses about older friends and relatives. The birth stories of Isaac, Samuel and John the Baptist show families rejoicing over a child, while Paul's letters offer prayers that read like good wishes for the year ahead, asking for joy, peace, strength and hope.

If you are choosing a verse for a child, look at the blessings in Numbers and the proverbs on training and wisdom. For an older person, the psalms of aging and the promises of God's care into grey hairs tend to land well.

Ways to Use These Verses

Write a verse inside a birthday card, and add a sentence about why it made you think of the person.
Read a short passage as a toast or blessing before the cake at a family gathering.
Use a verse as a caption for a birthday post or a message to a friend far away.
Choose one for yourself at the start of a new year of life as a prayer of thanks.
Read the note below each verse to confirm the context fits the person before you send it.

If you want a wider mix of passages, try the Bible verse randomizer or the random encouraging Bible verse page, and browse the Bible books to read the full chapter around any verse that catches your attention.

Verses in This Collection

Psalm 139:13-14 – For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
David marvels that God shaped him before birth and calls himself a marvel of God's workmanship, a verse many choose for birthday cards.
Psalm 139:15-16 – My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
David adds that his frame was not hidden from God while he was formed, and that his days were written before any came to be.
Psalm 139:17-18 – How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
David reflects that God's thoughts toward him are too many to count, a verse suited to anyone marking another year.
Psalm 139:1-4 – O LORD , thou hast searched me, and known me . Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but , lo, O LORD , thou knowest it altogether.
David begins his best-known psalm by acknowledging that God searches and knows him, in sitting, rising and every word he speaks.
Jeremiah 1:5 – Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
God tells Jeremiah that he knew and set him apart before his birth, showing that a life can be known and purposed by God from the start.
Isaiah 44:2 – Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
God reminds Israel that he made and formed them from the womb and will help them, a comfort for people of any age.
Isaiah 49:1 – Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
The servant speaks to distant nations, saying the Lord called him from the womb and named him from his mother's body.
Isaiah 49:15-16 – Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
God says a mother may forget her nursing child, yet he will not forget his people, whose names he pictures as engraved on his palms.
Isaiah 43:1 – But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
God tells Israel not to fear because he has redeemed them and called them by name, so they belong to him.
Isaiah 46:3-4 – Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you .
God promises to carry his people from birth through old age, saying he made them and will sustain and rescue them to grey hairs.
Job 10:11-12 – Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
Job, in deep distress, recalls that God clothed him with skin and flesh and granted him life and favor, and that God's care preserved his spirit.
Job 12:10 – In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Job affirms that the life of every living creature and the breath of all humanity are in God's hand.
Psalm 71:5-6 – For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD : thou art my trust from my youth. By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
The psalmist looks back to God as his hope from youth, one who sustained him from birth and has been his constant praise.
Psalm 71:17-18 – O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
An aging psalmist recalls being taught by God from youth and asks not to be forsaken so he can tell the next generation.
Psalm 90:12 – So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
In a psalm headed as a prayer of Moses, the writer asks God to teach us to number our days so that we gain a wise heart.
Psalm 90:14 – O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
In a psalm attributed to Moses, the people ask to be satisfied each morning with God's love so they can sing through all their days.
Psalm 90:17 – And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
The psalm ends with a prayer that God's favor would rest on them and establish the work of their hands.
Psalm 92:12-14 – The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
The psalmist compares the righteous to palm trees and cedars, still bearing fruit and staying fresh in old age.
Psalm 103:1-4 – Bless the LORD , O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD , O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
David tells himself to remember all of God's benefits: forgiveness, healing, redemption, and renewed strength, a good meditation for gratitude on a birthday.
Psalm 103:15-17 – As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
David notes that human life is brief like grass, yet God's love stays with those who honor him from generation to generation.
Psalm 104:33 – I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
The psalmist resolves to sing to the Lord as long as he lives and praise God while he has breath.
Psalm 118:24 – This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
A psalm of thanksgiving celebrates a day the Lord has made, often used on birthdays as an invitation to rejoice in the day.
Psalm 121:7-8 – The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
A pilgrim song promises that the Lord will guard his people's going out and coming in, now and always.
Psalm 20:4-5 – Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
A blessing sung for the king asks God to grant his heart's desire and fulfill his plans, a wish fit for someone starting a new year.
Psalm 65:11 – Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
The psalmist praises God for crowning the year with goodness, using the image of a harvest overflowing along the paths.
Psalm 23:6 – Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
David ends his famous shepherd psalm trusting that goodness and mercy will follow him all the days of his life.
Psalm 31:15 – My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
David tells God that his times are in God's hands, an assurance for anyone anxious about the future.
Psalm 34:12-14 – What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
The psalmist asks who loves life and wants many good days, then points to honest speech and pursuing peace.
Psalm 119:73 – Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
The psalmist says God's hands made and fashioned him, and asks for understanding so he can learn God's commands.
Psalm 100:3 – Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
The psalm calls worshippers to know that the Lord is God, that he made us and we belong to him, as sheep of his pasture.
Psalm 100:4-5 – Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Pilgrims are urged to enter God's gates with thanksgiving, because his goodness and faithfulness endure to all generations.
Psalm 127:3 – Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD : and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
This short psalm, attributed to Solomon, calls children a heritage from the Lord, a verse often shared at the birth or birthday of a child.
Psalm 128:5-6 – The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
A song of ascents blesses the person who fears the Lord with a prosperous city and the joy of seeing grandchildren.
Psalm 138:8 – The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD , endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
David says the Lord will complete what concerns him and asks God not to abandon the work of his hands.
Psalm 145:1-2 – I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
David vows to bless God every day and praise his name forever, an attitude of gratitude for each day of life.
Psalm 8:4-5 – What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
David wonders why God, who made the heavens, pays attention to humans and has crowned them with glory and honor.
Numbers 6:24-26 – The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
This priestly benediction asks the Lord to bless, keep and be gracious to his people, and to give them peace; it suits birthday wishes.
Genesis 1:27 – So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
The first chapter of the Bible says God created humanity in his own image, giving each person a basic dignity.
Genesis 2:7 – And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
The second creation account describes God forming the man from the ground and breathing life into him, so life begins as a gift.
Genesis 21:2-3 – For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
God keeps his promise to Abraham and Sarah, who have a son in their old age; Abraham names the baby Isaac.
Genesis 12:2 – And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
God promises Abram a great nation and a blessing that will bless others, an early example of a life purposed to bless.
Genesis 48:15-16 – And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Jacob, near the end of his life, blesses Joseph's sons and thanks the God who has shepherded him all his days.
Deuteronomy 5:33 – Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Moses urges Israel to walk in God's ways so that they may live and prosper long in the land they will possess.
Deuteronomy 30:19-20 – I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Moses sets life and death before the people and urges them to choose life by loving the Lord and holding fast to him.
Deuteronomy 33:25 – Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be .
In his blessing on the tribe of Asher, Moses promises strength matching the days, a line often given to people facing a new year.
Ruth 4:14-15 – And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD , which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
After Ruth's son is born, the women of Bethlehem bless God and say the child will renew Naomi's life and sustain her in old age.
1 Samuel 1:20 – Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying , Because I have asked him of the LORD .
Hannah, long childless, gives birth to a son and names him Samuel, because she asked the Lord for him.
Luke 1:13-14 – But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
An angel tells Zechariah that his wife Elizabeth will bear a son, John, and that many will rejoice at his birth.
Luke 2:40 – And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
Luke gives a brief picture of the child Jesus growing strong and wise, with God's favor on him.
Luke 2:52 – And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Luke closes the story of Jesus' boyhood by saying he grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and people.
Proverbs 3:1-2 – My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
A father urges his son to keep his teachings, promising that wise living will add length of days and peace.
Proverbs 3:13-16 – Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
The writer calls the person who finds wisdom happy, saying wisdom is better than silver and holds long life in her right hand.
Proverbs 4:18 – But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
The path of the righteous is compared to the dawn, shining brighter and brighter until full day.
Proverbs 9:11 – For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
Wisdom says that through her your days will be multiplied and years added to your life.
Proverbs 10:27 – The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
The writer links reverence for the Lord with prolonged days, in contrast to the shortened years of the wicked.
Proverbs 16:31 – The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Grey hair is praised as a crown of glory when it is found in a righteous life, a verse for honoring older friends.
Proverbs 17:22 – A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
A cheerful heart is called good medicine, while a crushed spirit dries up the bones; a wise note for any celebration.
Proverbs 22:6 – Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
A well-known proverb encourages parents to train a child in the right way, as the habits formed early tend to last.
Proverbs 23:25 – Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
The writer hopes that parents will be glad and the mother who bore you will rejoice, a verse that suits a parent's birthday note.
Proverbs 16:3 – Commit thy works unto the LORD , and thy thoughts shall be established.
The proverb urges committing your work to the Lord so that your plans will be established, a thoughtful wish for the year ahead.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 – To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
The Teacher observes that everything has its season, including a time to be born and a time to die, reminding us each year is timed.
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13 – I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
The Teacher concludes that there is nothing better than to be glad and do good, and to enjoy food and work as God's gift.
Ecclesiastes 9:7-9 – Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
The Teacher urges readers to enjoy bread, wine and life with a loved one, because God has accepted their work.
Ecclesiastes 11:7-8 – Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
The Teacher says light is sweet, and that those who live many years should rejoice in all of them.
Ecclesiastes 12:1 – Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
The Teacher urges the young to remember their Creator in their youth, before the hard days of old age come.
Lamentations 3:22-23 – It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
In the middle of grief, the writer recalls that God's mercies are new every morning, a reassurance as a new year of life begins.
Jeremiah 29:11 – For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD , thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
God tells exiles in Babylon that he knows his plans for them, plans for welfare and a future with hope.
Jeremiah 31:3 – The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying , Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
God tells his people he has loved them with an everlasting love and drawn them with unfailing kindness.
Jeremiah 17:7-8 – Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD , and whose hope the LORD is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
The one who trusts in the Lord is compared to a tree by a stream that keeps bearing fruit even in a dry year.
Zephaniah 3:17 – The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
The prophet describes God in the midst of his people, mighty to save, delighting in them and rejoicing over them with singing.
Joel 2:25-26 – And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
God promises to restore the years the locusts have eaten, so that his people will eat in plenty and praise him.
Isaiah 40:31 – But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah promises that those who wait on the Lord will have renewed strength, a line often shared with people entering a new decade.
Isaiah 41:10 – Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
God tells his people not to fear because he is with them, and promises to strengthen and uphold them.
Isaiah 64:8 – But now, O LORD , thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
The prophet prays, calling God our Father and the potter, and all of us the work of his hand.
Matthew 6:27 – Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Jesus asks which hearer can add a cubit to his stature by worrying; other translations say an hour to life. The point is trusting the Father.
Matthew 6:33-34 – But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Jesus tells his followers to seek God's kingdom first and not to worry about tomorrow, for each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 10:29-31 – Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Jesus says that not even a sparrow falls without the Father's knowledge, and that even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
John 10:10 – The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Jesus contrasts a thief with himself, saying he came so that his followers may have life and have it abundantly.
John 15:11 – These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
In the upper room Jesus tells his disciples that he has said these things so his joy may be in them and their joy complete.
Acts 17:25-26 – Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
Paul tells the Athenians that God gives all people life and breath and everything else, and determined the times and places they would live.
Acts 17:28 – For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Paul tells the Athenians that in God we live and move and have our being, borrowing a line from their own poets.
Romans 12:12 – Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Paul sums up Christian living in a single sentence: rejoice in hope, be patient in affliction, and be constant in prayer.
Romans 15:13 – Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Paul prays that the God of hope would fill the Roman believers with joy and peace so they overflow with hope.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Paul reminds the Corinthians that their bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit and urges them to honor God with them.
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 – For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Paul says that though outwardly we are wasting away, inwardly we are renewed day by day, fixing our eyes on what is unseen.
Ephesians 1:3-4 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
Paul praises God for blessing believers in Christ and choosing them before the foundation of the world to be holy.
Ephesians 2:10 – For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Paul says that believers are God's workmanship, created in Christ for good works that God prepared in advance.
Ephesians 3:16-19 – That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Paul prays that the Ephesians would be strengthened by the Spirit and grounded in love, able to grasp the breadth and depth of Christ's love.
Philippians 1:3-6 – I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Paul thanks God for the Philippians and is confident that God, who began a good work in them, will see it through.
Philippians 4:4 – Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Writing from prison, Paul urges the Philippians to rejoice in the Lord always and repeats the command for emphasis.
Philippians 4:6-7 – Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Paul urges prayer with thanksgiving in place of anxiety, promising a peace from God that guards hearts and minds.
Philippians 4:19 – But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Paul assures the Philippians, who supported him generously, that God will supply every need of theirs according to his riches.
Colossians 3:17 – And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
Paul tells the Colossians that whatever they do in word or deed, they should do it in the name of Jesus, giving thanks.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 – Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Paul gives three short instructions: rejoice always, pray continually and give thanks in all circumstances.
1 Timothy 4:12 – Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Paul encourages young Timothy not to let anyone look down on his youth, but to be an example in speech, conduct, love and faith.
James 1:17 – Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
James says every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father of lights, who does not change; birthdays can prompt this thanks.
James 4:14-15 – Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
James reminds readers that life is like a mist that appears for a little while, so plans should be made with the Lord in mind.
1 Peter 4:10 – As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Peter urges each believer to use whatever gift they have received to serve others as faithful stewards of God's grace.
3 John 1:2 – Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
The writer, who calls himself the elder, prays that his friend Gaius would prosper and be in good health, just as his soul is doing well.

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