- "No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it..."
- "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him"
- "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in..."
- "For you have received the gift of grace, through faith - and it is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, that no one can boast"