Romans 2:7 (NKJV)
eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality;
He who keeps instruction is in the way of life, But he who refuses correction goes astray.
Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—In the volume of the book it is written of Me—To do Your will, O God.’ ”
For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,” Says the Lord. “But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word.
“I was sought by those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here I am, here I am,’ To a nation that was not called by My name.
But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.
O Lord, why have You made us stray from Your ways, And hardened our heart from Your fear? Return for Your servants’ sake, The tribes of Your inheritance.