WHAT GOD REQUIRES

12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you except to feara the Lord your God by walking in all his ways, to love him, and to worship the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul?b 13 Keep the Lord’s commands and statutes I am giving you today, for your own good.c 14 The heavens, indeed the highest heavens, belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.d 15 Yet the Lord had his heart set on your ancestors and loved them.e He chose their descendants after them—he chose you out of all the peoples, as it is today.f 16 Therefore, circumcise your heartsg and don’t be stiff-necked any longer.