If we live, we live to the Lord: and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

By God’s will I may come to you with joy and together with you be refreshed.

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing, and perfect will.