Col. 1:23

if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation[g] under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Psalm 50:7-15

“Hear, O my people, and I will speak;

    O Israel, I will testify against you.

    I am God, your God.

8 

Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you;

    your burnt offerings are continually before me.

9 

I will not accept a bull from your house

    or goats from your folds.

10 

For every beast of the forest is mine,

    the cattle on a thousand hills.

11 

I know all the birds of the hills,

    and all that moves in the field is mine.

12 

“If I were hungry, I would not tell you,

    for the world and its fullness are mine.

13 

Do I eat the flesh of bulls

    or drink the blood of goats?

14 

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,[b]

    and perform your vows to the Most High,

15 

and call upon me in the day of trouble;    I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”