submit yourselves to your elders.
All of you, clothe yourselves
with humility toward one another,
because, “God opposes the proud
but shows favor to the humble.”
Humble yourselves,
therefore, under God’s mighty hand,
that he may lift you up in due time.
Cast all your anxiety on him
because he cares for you.
Be alert and of sober mind.
Your enemy the devil prowls around
like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him,
standing firm in the faith,
because you know that the family of believers throughout the world
is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
And the God of all grace,
who called you to his eternal glory in Christ,
after you have suffered a little while,
will himself restore you
and make you strong,
firm and steadfast.
To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.”
1 Peter 5:5-11 NIV
https://www.bible.com/111/1pe.5.5-11.niv
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made;
without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life,
and that life was the light of all mankind.
The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has not overcome it.”
John 1:1-5 NIV
https://www.bible.com/111/jhn.1.1-5.niv
