2nd Corinthians 5

⁹ So our aim is to please him always, whether we are here in this body or away from this body.
¹⁰ For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in our bodies.
¹¹ It is because we know this solemn fear of the Lord that we work so hard to persuade others. God knows we are sincere, and I hope you know this, too.
¹² Are we trying to pat ourselves on the back again? No, we are giving you a reason to be proud of us, so you can answer those who brag about having a spectacular ministry rather than having a sincere heart before God.
¹³ If it seems that we are crazy, it is to bring glory to God. And if we are in our right minds, it is for your benefit.
¹⁴ Whatever we do, it is because Christ's love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for everyone, we also believe that we have all died to the old life we used to live.

¹⁵ He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live to please themselves. Instead, they will live to please Christ, who died and was raised for them.

¹⁶ So we have stopped evaluating others by what the world thinks about them. Once I mistakenly thought of Christ that way, as though he were merely a human being. How differently I think about him now!
¹⁷ What this means is that those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life has begun!
¹⁸ All this newness of life is from God, who brought us back to himself through what Christ did. And God has given us the task of reconciling people to him. (NLT)

Jeremiah 10

¹⁴ Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. His images are a fraud; they have no breath in them.
¹⁵ They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.
¹⁶ He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including Israel, the tribe of his inheritance-- the LORD Almighty is his name.
¹⁷ Gather up your belongings to leave the land, you who live under siege.
¹⁸ For this is what the LORD says: "At this time I will hurl out those who live in this land; I will bring distress on them so that they may be captured."
¹⁹ Woe to me because of my injury! My wound is incurable! Yet I said to myself, "This is my sickness, and I must endure it."
²⁰ My tent is destroyed; all its ropes are snapped. My sons are gone from me and are no more; no one is left now to pitch my tent or to set up my shelter.
²¹ The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the LORD; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered.
²² Listen! The report is coming-- a great commotion from the land of the north! It will make the towns of Judah desolate, a haunt of jackals.

²³ I know, O LORD, that a man's life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps.

²⁴ Correct me, LORD, but only with justice-- not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.
²⁵ Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the peoples who do not call on your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have devoured him completely and destroyed his homeland. (NIV)