Psa 52:1, 85:10-13, Mat 5:44-48, Luk 6:36, 2Cor 3:18, 5:14-15, 8:9 | ESV | STEP | To the choirmaster . A Maskil of David , when Doeg , the Edomite , came and told Saul , David has come to the house of Ahimelech . Why do you boast of evil , O mighty man ? The steadfast love of God endures all the day .

Psalms 52:1

The Steadfast Love of God Endures

To the choirmaster. A Maskil ^{▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term} of David, when ^bDoeg, the Edomite, came and told Saul, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”

1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.

Psalms 85:10-13

10 ^cSteadfast love and faithfulness meet;
^drighteousness and peace kiss each other.
11 Faithfulness springs up from the ground,
and righteousness looks down from the sky.
12 Yes, ^ethe Lord will give what is good,
and our land ^fwill yield its increase.
13 ^gRighteousness will go before him
and make his footsteps a way.

Matthew 5:44-48

44 But I say to you, ^hLove your enemies and ⁱpray for those who persecute you, 45 ^jso that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and ^ksends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 ^lFor if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet only your brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters} what more are you doing than others? Do not even ⁿthe Gentiles do the same? 48 ^oYou therefore must be ^pperfect, ^qas your heavenly Father is perfect.

Luke 6:36

36 ^rBe merciful, even as ^syour Father is merciful.

2 Corinthians 3:18

18 And we all, with unveiled face, ^tbeholding ^uthe glory of the Lord, ^{▼▼Or reflecting the glory of the Lord} ^ware being transformed into the same image ^xfrom one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

14 For the love of Christ ^ycontrols us, because we have concluded this: that ^zone has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, ^aathat those who live might no longer live for themselves but ^abfor him who for their sake died and was raised.

2 Corinthians 8:9

9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ^acthough he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.