How to attain perfect peace

THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH.

CHAPTER 26: 

3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. 

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS.

CHAPTER 3:

16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 

THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS.

CHAPTER 4:

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS.

CHAPTER 3:

IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

THE PROVERBS.

CHAPTER 4:

4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS.

CHAPTER 4:

6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

THE BOOK OF PSALMS.

PSALM 1

BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN.

CHAPTER 14:

15 ¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments. 
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may  abide with you for ever;

26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

CHAPTER 16:

7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED DEUTERONOMY.

CHAPTER 31:

6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE ROMANS.

CHAPTER 8:

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

ZEPHANIAH.

CHAPTER 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.

Perfect peace

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE.
CHAPTER 10:

38 ¶ Now it came to pass, as they went,
that he entered into a certain village: and a
certain woman named Martha received
him into her house.
39 And she had a sister called Mary,
which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his
word.
40 But Martha was cumbered about much
serving, and came to him, and said, Lord,
dost thou not care that my sister hath left
me to serve alone? bid her therefore that
she help me.
41 And Jesus answered and said unto her,
Martha, Martha, thou art careful and
troubled about many things:
42 But one thing is needful: and Mary
hath chosen that good part, which shall
not be taken away from her.

THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED DEUTERONOMY.
CHAPTER 6:

4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is
one LORD:
5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy might.
6 And these words, which I command thee
this day, shall be in thine heart:
7 And thou shalt teach them diligently
unto thy children, and shalt talk of them
when thou sittest in thine house, and when
thou walkest by the way, and when thou
liest down, and when thou risest up.
8 And thou shalt bind them for a sign
upon thine hand, and they shall be as
frontlets between thine eyes.
9 And thou shalt write them upon the
posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

THE PROVERBS.
CHAPTER 6:

20 ¶ My son, keep thy father’s
commandment, and forsake not the law of
thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thine
heart, and tie them about thy neck.
22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee;
when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and
when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and
the law is light; and reproofs of instruction
are the way of life:

THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH.
CHAPTER 26:

3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on thee: because he
trusteth in thee.
4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the
LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN.
CHAPTER 7:

38 He that believeth on me, as the
scripture hath said, out of his belly shall
flow rivers of living water.

THE PROVERBS.
CHAPTER 4:

4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let
thine heart retain my words: keep my
commandments, and live.

20 ¶ My son, attend to my words; incline
thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes;
keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find
them, and health to all their flesh.

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS.
CHAPTER 4:

5 Let your moderation be known unto all
men. The Lord is at hand.
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every
thing by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made
known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all
understanding, shall keep your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are
true, whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are of good
report; if there be any virtue, and if there
be any praise, think on these things.
9 Those things, which ye have both
learned, and received, and heard, and seen
in me, do: and the God of peace shall be
with you.
10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that
now at the last your care of me hath
flourished again; wherein ye were also
careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for
I have learned, in whatsoever state I am,
therewith to be content.
12 I know both how to be abased, and I
know how to abound: every where and in
all things I am instructed both to be full
and to be hungry, both to abound and to
suffer need.
13 I can do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. 
CHAPTER 14:

15 ¶ If ye love me, keep my
commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall
give you another Comforter, that he may
abide with you for ever;

26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy
Ghost, whom the Father will send in my
name, he shall teach you all things, and
bring all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said unto you.

18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will
come to you.

CHAPTER 16:

7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is
expedient for you that I go away: for if I
go not away, the Comforter will not come
unto you; but if I depart, I will send him
unto you.

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE
COLOSSIANS.
CHAPTER 3:

IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those
things which are above, where Christ
sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not
on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with
Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall
appear, then shall ye also appear with him
in glory.

THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF JOHN.
CHAPTER 3:

BEHOLD, what manner of love the Father
hath bestowed upon us, that we should be
called the sons of God: therefore the world
knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we shall
be: but we know that, when he shall
appear, we shall be like him; for we shall
see him as he is.
5 And ye know that he was manifested to
take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO TITUS. 
CHAPTER 2:

13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the
glorious appearing of the great God and
our Saviour Jesus Christ;

THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE THESSALONIANS.

CHAPTER 4:

13 But I would not have you to be
ignorant, brethren, concerning them which
are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as
others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and
rose again, even so them also which sleep
in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word
of the Lord, that we which are alive and
remain unto the coming of the Lord shall
not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend
from heaven with a shout, with the voice
of the archangel, and with the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain
shall be caught up together with them in
the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and
so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with
these words.

THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 

CHAPTER 27:

25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I
believe God, that it shall be even as it was
told me.

THE BOOK OF JOB.
CHAPTER 23:

12 Neither have I gone back from the
commandment of his lips; I have esteemed
the words of his mouth more than my
necessary food.

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE
ROMANS.
CHAPTER 8:

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death,
nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor
powers, nor things present, nor things to
come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate us from
the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus
our Lord.

THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF JOHN. 
CHAPTER 16:

33 These things I have spoken unto you,
that in me ye might have peace. In the
world ye shall have tribulation: but be of
good cheer; I have overcome the world.

CHAPTER 4:

24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship
him must worship him in spirit and in
truth.

THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH.
CHAPTER 9:

23 ¶ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise
man glory in his wisdom, neither let the
mighty man glory in his might, let not the
rich man glory in his riches:
24 But let him that glorieth glory in this,
that he understandeth and knoweth me,
that I am the LORD which exercise
lovingkindness, judgment, and
righteousness, in the earth: for in these
things I delight, saith the LORD.

ZEPHANIAH.
CHAPTER 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 simplicity that is in Christ.

2 Corinthians 11:

3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

 Jeremiah 9:

24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. 

Deuteronomy 6:

4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 

Ephesians 4:

5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

 Isaiah 9:

6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 

Hebrews 1:

5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

Exodus 3:

14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

John 8:

58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

 John 4:

24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

 1 John 5:

7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 

Job 13:

8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?

9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

 John 8:

24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

 John 14:

8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

 1 Timothy 6:

14 That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:

15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. 

John 20:28

And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

 Revelation 21:8

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. 

2 Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.