For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it. Titus 1:7-9 (ESV)
Let not mercy and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart and so find favor...
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to ...
For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers...
