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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one believing on Him may not perish but have eternal life.
for all sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
All scripture is God-breathed and profitable unto teaching, unto conviction, unto correction, unto instruction which is in righteousness:
I exhort you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, your reasonable service:
But the fruit of the Spirit is divine love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
But we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are called according to his purpose.
Going, disciple all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost:
and he not fashioned after this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh to the Father, but through me.
But you shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost having come upon you, and shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and all Judea, and in Samaria, and into the extremity of the earth.
And Peter said to them, Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord,
But so many as received Him, to them gave He the right to become the children of God, to those believing on His name:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
not from works which are in righteousness, which we did, but according to his own mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and the renewal of the Holy Ghost,
That if you may confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and may believe with your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved:
The Word was made flesh, and tented among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten with the Father), full of grace and truth.
And God commends his love to us, because, we being yet sinners, Christ died for us.
And he gave some, apostles; some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
and they were persevering in the teaching of the apostles and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Come unto me, all ye who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous that he may forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Jesus responded and said to him, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, unless any one may be born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.
The thief does not come, but that he may steal, and slay, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.
Therefore, as by one man sin came into the world, and death by sin; and thus death came upon all men, in that all sinned;
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And there is salvation in no other; for there is no other name given under heaven among men by which it behooveth us to he saved.
So if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature: old things have passed away; behold, they have become new.
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
That was the true light, which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
And Jesus having come spoke to them, saying, All authority is given unto me in heaven and upon earth.
Therefore having been justified by faith, let us have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
I can do all things through him who fills me up with dynamite.
Be solicitous about nothing; but in all prayer and supplication, let your request be made known to God.
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.
On the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all of one accord in the same place.
I am crucified along with Christ; and I live no longer, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
I give unto a new commandment, That you must love one another with divine love; as I have loved you with divine love, that you must also love one another with divine love:
There was a man of the Pharisees, the name to him Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;
Study to present yourself to God approved, a workman not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
But seek first the kingdom, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may be with you always,
Therefore let us indeed, having around us so great a cloud of witnesses, having laid aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us, run with patience the race which is set before us,
God is a Spirit, and it behooveth those who worship Him to worship in spirit and in truth.
Think the same thing among yourselves, which is also in Christ Jesus:
Take heed to yourselves, and all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost has placed you shepherds, to shepherdise the church of God, which He bought with His own blood.
For every one who may call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
If you love me, keep my commandments.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor: hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind, and to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Jesus responded, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, Unless any one may be born of water and Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
Thus when the Lord knew when the Pharisees heard that Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John
But faith is the confidence of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and a quick discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, in order that you may be healed: the inward working prayer of a righteous man avails much.
On the following day he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.
You, who were dead in trespasses and in your sins,
But when He, the Spirit of truth, may come, He will guide you in all truth: for He will not speak from Himself; but so many things as He hears, He will speak: and will proclaim to you the things which are coming.
Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority except that which is from God; and the existing authorities have been ordained of God.
And I say to thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my Church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
But when the Son of min may come in His glory, and all His angels with Him, then will He sit upon the throne of His glory:
All things were made by Him, and without Him nothing was made, that has been made.
but these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all enthusiasm, searching the scriptures daily, if these things are so.
but the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He will teach you all things, and remind you of all things, which I spoke to you.
You are of your father the devil, and you wish to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, because there was no truth in him. When he may speak a lie, he speaks of his own: because he is a liar, and the father of the same.
The same came for a witness, that he might bear witness concerning the light, in order that all through him might believe.
For the grace of God, that brings salvation to all men, has appeared,
Think not that I came to destroy the law of the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfill.
Finally, be filled up with dynamite in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
And He said to him; Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
who is the image of the invisible God, being the first begotten of all creation,
I am the vine, and ye are the branches. The one abiding in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit: because you are not able to do anything without me.
Truly, truly, I say unto you, that every one hearing my word, and believing on Him that sent me hath eternal life, and doth not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
Finally, brethren, so many things as are true, so many things as are noble, so many things as are righteous, so many things as are pure, so many things as are lovely, so many things as are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think on these things.
but without faith it is impossible to please him: for it behooves the one coming unto God to believe that he is, and he is a rewarder unto them who seek him out.
looking for the blessed hope even the appearing of the glory of our great God and our Saviour Christ Jesus;
Then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
and having made a scourge of cords, He cast all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the money of the exchangers, and over-turned the tables.
Count it all joy, my brethren, when you may fall into manifold temptations.
and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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as has been written, There is no one good, not one:
Sanctify them through the truth: thy word is truth.
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, and thou and thy household shall be saved.
But if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all cheerfully and upbraids none; and it will be given unto him.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life; the one believing on me, though he may die, shall live: and
Then indeed having received his word they were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added unto them;
And having spoken these words, they looking, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him from their eyes.
And on the first of the Sabbaths we being assembled to break bread, Paul spoke to them, being about to depart the following day, and continued his discourse till midnight:
but sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts: being always ready for an answer to every one asking you a reason for the hope which is in you, but with meekness and fear:
But this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou didst send.
Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? He not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor catamites, nor Sodomites,
A woman comes from Samaria to draw water. Jesus says to her, Give me to drink.
Jesus said unto them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are seen, being known by the things which are made, even His eternal power and divinity; so that they are without excuse:
But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people unto conquest; in order that you may proclaim the virtues of the one having called you out of darkness unto his own marvelous light:
On many occasions and in many ways in the olden time, God having spoken to the fathers through the prophets, at the last of these days has spoken to us through his Son,
There was a certain rich man, and he was habitually clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day.
Behold, I stand at the door, and am knocking: if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Not every one saying to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of the heavens; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in the heavens.
The Spirit breathes on whom He willeth, and thou hearest His voice, but dost not know whence He cometh and whither He goeth; so is every one who has been born of the Spirit.
The sick man responded to Him, Lord, I have no man that may put me in the pool, when the water may be troubled: and while I come, another goes down before me.
Then Jesus said to the Jews, who believed on Him, If you may abide in my word, you are truly my disciples;
He that believeth on Him is not condemned; but he that believeth not, has already been condemned, because he has not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Let your deportment be free from covetousness; being content with present things: for he said, I will not, I will not, leave you, neither do I ever forsake you;
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world: the one following me can not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of the life.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust corrupt, and thieves break through and steal:
I and the Father are one.
because there is not to us fighting against blood and flesh, but against the governments, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the heavenlies.
in order that thou mayest know the certainty of the words concerning which thou hast been instructed.
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this is the judgment:
if you have tasted that the Lord is good.
Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, to which was the name
the same came to Him by night, and said to Him, Rabbi, we know that thou hast come a teacher from God; for no one is able to do these miracles, which thou art doing, unless God may he with him.
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one having blessed us with all spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ:
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Ye are the light of the world. A city sitting on a mountain is unable to be hidden.
The birth of Jesus Christ was thus: His mother Mary, having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, was found having gestation from the Holy Ghost.
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits if they are of God: because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
There is no longer Jew nor Greek, nor bond nor free, nor male and female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Is any one sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.
And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting Him, saying, Teacher, having done what shall I inherit eternal life?
For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep; in order that you may not sorrow, even as those having no hope.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of change.
He made him sin in our behalf, who knew no sin; in order that we may become the righteousness of God in him.
I have spoken these things to you, in order that you may have peace in me. In the world you have tribulation: but take courage; I have conquered the world.
in whom you also, having heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom, also having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,
Husbands, love your wives with divine love, as Christ also loved the church with divine love, and gave himself for her;
And the light shineth in the darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some people count slackness; but is long-suffering for your sakes, not wishing that any should perish, but all come to repentance.
He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness concerning the light.
And the angel responding said to her; The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore, indeed, that holy thing that is begotten shall be called the Son of God.
Pure religion and undefiled with God even the Father is this, to relieve the orphans and widows in their affliction, and keep himself unspotted from the world.
He that believes on the Son has eternal life; but he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Wives, be submissive to your own husbands, as to the Lord,
But if thy brother may sin, go, and convict him between thee and him alone: if he may hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother:
Ye Galilean men, why stand you looking up into the heaven? this same Jesus, the One having been received up into the heaven, will so come in the manner in which you saw Him going up into the heaven.
Repent, therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, in order that seasons of soul-renewing may come from the presence of the Lord,
for we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God before prepared that we should walk in them.
But what is it profitable, my brethren, if one may say he has faith, but has not works? whether is faith able to save him?
For God sent not His Son into the world that He may condemn the world; but that the world through Him may be saved.
Whether do you not know, that so many of us as were baptized unto Jesus Christ were baptized into His death?
Therefore pray ye after this manner: Our Father who art in the heavens, let thy name be hallowed:
likewise that the elderly women be reverent in demeanor, not tattlers, not given to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
Then what shall we say? must we abide in sin, in order that grace may abound?
Be not drunk with wine, in which there is riot, but be ye filled with the Spirit;
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth passed away; and the sea is no more.
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such worshiping Him.
It came to pass in those days, a decree went out from Augustus Caesar, to enroll all the world.
For there is one God, and there is also one mediator of God and men, the man, Christ Jesus,
Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil.
Search the Scriptures, because in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify concerning me;
in whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of transgressions, according to the riches of his grace,
Do not be astonished at this: because the hour cometh, in which all who are in their graves will hear His voice,
but if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
No one has ever seen God; the only begotten Son, the one being in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared him.
Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk worthily of the calling with which you are called,
Criticise not, that you may not be criticised.
For I delivered unto you in the first place that which I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
No one has greater love than this, that he may lay down his soul for his friends.
They are of the world: on this account they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
And I say, Walk about in the Spirit, and do not perfect the lust of carnality.
But ye are not in depravity, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any one has not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His.
Then it being evening, on that day, on the first day of the week, and the doors being shut where the disciples were assembled, on account of the fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and says to them, Peace be unto you.
and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for from the day when the fathers fell asleep, all things remain as from the beginning of creation.
No one is able to come unto me, unless the Father who sent me may draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.
After these things was the feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up into Jerusalem.
because in him all things are created, in the heavens and upon the earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All things were created by him, and unto him;
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so does it behoove the Son of man to be lifted up:
Enter ye in through the narrow gate: because wide is the gate and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are, who are going in through it.
Then indeed God winking at the times of ignorance, now commands all men everywhere to repent:
Nicodemus says to him; How is a man able to be born, being old? whether he is able to enter the second time into the womb of his mother, and be born?
If then ye are risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting on the right hand of God;
Because whom he did foreknow, he did also predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
Therefore, as elect of God, holy and beloved, put on affections of mercy, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as is the custom to some; but exhorting: and this the more, as you see the days drawing nigh.
Because Christ indeed once died for our sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, indeed being put to death in the flesh, but quickened in spirit:
And during those days, the disciples multiplying, there was a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, that their widows were being neglected in the daily ministration.
My peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor afraid.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
For every one asking receives; and the one seeking finds; and to the one knocking it shall be opened.
who himself has borne our sins in his own body on the wood, in order that we, being made free from sins, may live unto righteousness: by whose stripe you are healed.
Therefore draw nigh unto God; and resist the devil, and he will flee from you:
But now I tell you the truth; it is profitable to you that I may go away. For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I may go, I will send Him to you.
I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched with our infirmities; but one having been tempted as to all things like unto us, apart from sin.
and Jesus and His disciples were invited to the marriage.
Ye are the salt of the earth; and if the salt may lose its savor, in what shall it be salted? It is yet without value, except having been cast out, to be trodden under feet by the people.
who being the brightness of his glory, and the character of his person, and holding up all things by the word of his power, having made purgation of the sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Be sober, watch. The devil is walking round like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour:
And likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmity. For we know not what we should pray for as it behooves us: but the Spirit himself makes intercession with unutterable groanings:
Beloved, let us love one another with divine love: because divine love is of God; and the one loving with divine love has been born of God, and knows God.
Everything which the Father giveth unto me shall come to me; and him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out.
Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him:
When the Comforter, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, may come, He will witness concerning me,
Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the children of God; and we are. And on this account the world does not know us, because it did not know him.
On the first of the Sabbaths Mary Magdalene comes to the sepulcher early in the morning, it being yet dark, and sees the stone having been rolled from the sepulcher.
And Peter, opening his mouth, said, In truth I apprehend that God is no respecter of persons:
And He spoke to all, If any one wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
Philip responded to Him, The loaves of two hundred denaria are not sufficient for these, that each one may receive a little.
And it came to pass when He entered into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching Him.
And He came into Nazareth, where He was brought up: and according to the custom to Him, He came into the synagogue on the Sabbath-day, and stood up to read.
Therefore I left you in Crete, in order that you may set in order remaining things, and establish elders in every city, as I commanded you;
Then Jesus responded and said to them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, The Son is not able to do anything Himself, unless He may see the Father doing it: for whatsoever He may do, the Son likewise also doeth the same.
Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came into Jerusalem saying;
For you are all the sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus;
Let the word of God dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another, in all wisdom, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, with grace making melody in your hearts to God;
know this in the first place, that no prophecy of scripture is of private interpretation.
And I not only pray for these, but also for those believing on me through their word;
My little children, I write these things to you, in order that you may not sin. And if any one may sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
And on the last great day of the feast, Jesus stood and continued to cry out, saying, If any one thirst, let him come and drink.
But the works of carnality are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, debauchery,
And Jesus responded and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and the one who is speaking to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.
Christ has set you free with freedom, Therefore stand, and be not again entangled with the yoke of bondage.
But the brethren immediately sent away both Paul and Silas to Berea by night, who coming into the synagogue of the Jews departed;
For I am persuaded that, neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come,
Because there are three who are bearing witness,
For so many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.
Let your light so shine before the people, in order that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.
Truly, I made the first history, O Theophilus, concerning all things which Jesus began both to do and to teach,
And after these things, Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou hast been made whole: sin no more, lest something worse may come on thee.
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, and forever.
Then what shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
having confidence as to this same thing, that the one having begun a good work in you will perfect it unto the day of Jesus Christ:
And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that the hour has come when He must depart out of this world to His Father, having loved His own who were in the world, with divine love, He loved them perfectly.
For in the olden time prophecy did not come by the will of man: but men moved by the Holy Ghost spoke from God.
Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death: in order that as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so must we also walk in newness of life.
And it came to pass while they were going round, He also came into a certain village: and a certain woman by name Martha received Him into her house.
So, my beloved brethren, as you have always harkened, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
And having come, He will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment.
and you may look upon the one wearing the shining garment, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and may say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit down beneath my footstool:
Jesus responded and said to him; If any one may love me with divine love, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our mansion with him.
But if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are rapacious wolves.
Divine love suffers long; divine love is kind; divine love envies not; does not make a display of itself, is not puffed up,
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the one having according to his great mercy begotten us again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
And it came to pass, that He was in a certain place praying; when He ceased, one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
as he elected us in himself before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless in his presence.
And He spoke a parable to them that it behooves them to pray always, and not to faint;
Many mansions are in the house of my Father; but if it were not so, I would have told you; because I go to prepare a place for you.
Jesus responded and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will rear it up.
and let us recognize one another in the provocation of divine love and good works:
If then there is any consolation in Christ, if there is any comfort of divine love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercies,
Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what participation is there to righteousness and unrighteousness? or what fellowship has light unto darkness?
Be not deceived; God is not mocked. For whatsoever a man may sow, that shall he also reap:
looking unto Jesus the beginner and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was placed before him, endured the cross, looking with contempt at the shame, and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God.
Blessed are the merciful: because they shall receive mercy.
Then when they took breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter; Simon, the son of Jonah, dost thou love me with divine love more than these? He says to Him, Yes, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee as a friend. He says to him; Feed my lambs.
Then Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; the one coming unto me can never hunger, and the one believing on me shall never thirst.
Therefore I say unto you, Be not solicitous for your soul what you may eat, nor for your body what you may put on. Is not your soul more valuable than food, and your body than raiment?
and of (one) man he created every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined their predestinated times, and the boundaries of their habitation;
she shall bring forth a son; and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for He will save His people from their sins.
Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? and you are not your own;
and has subordinated all things beneath his feet, and given him to be head over all things to the church,
Then the Jews responded and said to Him, What sign do you show us, because you do these things?
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have beheld, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of the life;
But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, having come to the high priest,
For I reckon that the sufferings of these present times are not worthy to be compared to the glory which is about to be revealed in us.
And the sick man did not know who He is: for Jesus went out, the crowd being in the place.
On account of this God gave them up to the lusts of dishonor: for indeed their women changed the natural use to that which is against nature:
who delivered us from the power of darkness, and transplanted us into the kingdom of the Son of his love;
teaching them to observe all things which I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, unto the end of the age.
Mercy to you, and peace, and divine love be multiplied.
among whom ye are also called of Jesus Christ:
Israelitish men, hear these words, Jesus the Nazarene, a man having been demonstrated unto you from God by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did through Him in your midst, as yourselves know;
And Jesus, full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, tempted by the devil forty days.
And Jesus said to them again, Peace be unto you: as the Father hath sent me, I also send you.
Blessed are the poor in spirit: because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.
Then some of His disciples were saying to one another, What is this which He speaks to us, A little while, and you see me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see me? and that I go to the Father?
And a certain one of the Pharisees, asked Him, that He would eat with him, and having come into the house of the Pharisee, He sat down to the table.
Beloved, now are we the children of God, and it is not yet manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he may be made manifest, we shall be like him; because we shall see him as he is.
And I saw a great white throne, and him sitting on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
and saying, That the time is fulfilled: the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel.
He responded to them, the one having made me whole, He said to me, Take thy bed, and walk about.
being submissive to one another in the fear of Christ.
Inasmuch as many took it in hand to present a history concerning these things which have been fulfilled among us,
After these things the Lord chose seventy others also, and sent them out two by two before His face, into every place and city, where He was about to come.
And seeing the multitudes, He went up into the mountain; and having sat down, His disciples came to Him.
And there was no child to them, as Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in their days.
But know this, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
No one is able to serve two masters: for he will hate the one, and love the other; or cleave to the one, and despise the other. You are not able to serve God and mammon.
No temptation has overtaken you, except that which is human: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what you are able, but with the temptation, He will also make a way of escape, in order that you may be able to bear it.
for the Son of man came to seek and to save that which is lost.
And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. And dividing His garments, they were casting the lots.
And on the first of the Sabbath, at the depth of the dawn, they came to the sepulcher, bearing the aromatics which they had prepared,
Therefore having a great high priest, having entered into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the testimony.
And Judah begat Phares and Zara from Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
You did not choose me, but I chose you, and placed you in your position, that you may go forth and bear fruit, and your fruit may abide: in order that He may give you whatsoever you may ask in my name.
But Peter said, Ananias, wherefore hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and keep back a part from the price of the land?
But I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached unto you, which you indeed received, in which you also stand,
But take heed that you do not your righteousness before the people, in order to be seen by them: else you have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens:
and that from an infant thou hast known the holy scriptures which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
After that John was cast into prison, Jesus came into Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
And hearing, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, Men, brethren, what must we do?
But I say unto you, Love your enemies with a divine love, bless those who curse you and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you:
But my God will supply all your need according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
And I saw the heaven open, and behold a white horse; and one sitting on him called, Faithful and True, in righteousness he both judges and wages war.
Truly, truly, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, shall also do the works which I am doing; and shall do greater works than these: because I go to the Father:
Therefore all things whatsoever you may wish that the people may do unto you, do ye even so unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.
You condemned, you murdered the righteous; nothing antagonizes you.
For where two or three are assembled in my name, there I am in the midst of them.
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And He responding said; It has been written, A man shall not live upon bread alone, but upon every word coming forth through the mouth of God.
who, being in the form of God, thought it not usurpation to be equal with God,
Brethren, if indeed a man may be overtaken in some transgression, you who are spiritual, perfect such an one in the spirit of meekness; watching yourself, lest you may also be tempted.
and he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble.
But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies with divine love, and do good to those that hate you,
See that no one shall be deceiving you through philosophy and empty delusion, according to the tradition of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ,
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then the end shall come.
And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;
and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment.
Behold, the virgin shall have gestation and bring forth a son, and they will call his name Emmanuel, which is interpreted, God is with us.
And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light; for their works are evil.
He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.
Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification, without which no one shall see the Lord:
because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first;
For so many things as were previously written were written for our instruction, in order that through the patience and through the consolation of the scriptures we may have hope.
But the Spirit says positively, that in the last times certain ones will depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and to the teachings of demons,
O adulteresses, do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity to God? Whosoever therefore may wish to be the friend of the world renders himself the enemy of God.
And now the righteousness of God without law has been made manifest, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
in this shall all know that you are my disciples, if you may have divine love one with another.
Forgive, and you shall be forgiven: give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, heaped up, and shaken down, and running over, they will give into your bosom. For with the same measure, which you measure, it will be measured unto you.
This is my commandment, that you may love one another, as I loved you.
If I may speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not divine love, I have become a sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
The one not loving with divine love does not know God; because God is divine love.
Then therefore you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but fellow-citizens of the saints, and members of the household of God,
and being assembled together with them, He commanded them, Not to depart from Jerusalem, but to await the promise of the Father which ye heard from me;
Rejoice in the Lord always: I say to you again, Rejoice.
For the word of the cross is foolishness indeed to those who are lost; but to those who are saved it is the power of God.
and I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand.
I am astonished that you are so quickly removed from him who called you in the grace of Christ into another gospel;
Jesus, the one from Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Ghost and power: who went about doing good, and healing all oppressed by the devil: because God is with Him.
Then will He also say unto those on the left, Depart from me, ye cursed, into eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels.
Know, my beloved brethren; but let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow toward wrath:
he is the expiator for our sins: and not ours only, but indeed for the whole world.
And it came to pass, while he was officiating in the order of his course before God,
And there were prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch; Barnabas, and Symeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manahem, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
And taking bread, blessing it, He broke it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body given for you: do this in remembrance of me.
and himself is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the first begotten from the dead, in order that in all things himself may be preeminent:
As His divine power having given unto us all things which appertain to life and godliness, through the perfect knowledge of the one having called us to his own glory and virtue:
Let no one being tempted say, I am tempted from God. For God can not be tempted with evils, and he tempts no one:
And the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go towards the south unto the way going down from Jerusalem to Gaza; the same is desert.
to Timothy, my beloved child. Grace, mercy, peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
Happy is the man who endures temptation: because, being proved, he will receive a crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him with divine love.
But Peter and the apostles responding said, It behooves us to obey God rather than men.
Therefore indeed they were born of one, and those things of one having died, as the stars of heaven for multitude, and as the sands which are by the sea, which are innumerable.
For God has not given us the spirit of cowardice; but of power and divine love and prudence.
And He spoke this parable to certain ones having confidence in themselves that they are righteous, and despising the rest.
And they had no wine, because the wine of the marriage was exhausted. Then the mother of Jesus says to Him, There is no wine.
For we being yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly:
For as a man going away, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods,
But to the cowardly, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and the murderers, and the fornicators, and the sorcerers, and the idolaters, and all liars, shall be their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
that they may all be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that thou didst send me.
and Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
And it came to pass, while the multitude is pressing on Him to hear the word of God, and He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;
Do you believe that there is one God? you do well: the demons also believe and tremble.
However there were indeed false prophets among the people, as there will also be false teachers among you, whosoever shall bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
Who is afflicted among you? let him pray. Who is merry? let him sing psalms.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
And of the multitude who believed there was one heart and soul, and no one was saying that any of those things which belonged to him were his own, but all things were common to them.
The woman says to Him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
wherefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those coming unto God through him, ever living to intercede for them.
Therefore indeed having assembled, they asked Him saying, Lord, do you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
for the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His soul a ransom for many.
Then let all the house of Israel assuredly know that God hath made this same Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.
If any one comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and even yet his own soul, he is not able to be my disciple.
Jesus says to Him, Am I so long time with you, and hast thou not known me, Philip? The one having seen me hath seen the Father: how do you say, Show us the Father?
And the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him, if He will heal him on the Sabbath, in order that they may find accusation against Him.
If you may abide in me, and my words may abide in you, ask whatsoever you may wish, and it shall be done unto you.
That which has been born of the flesh is flesh; and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.
And Jesus responded to him, The first commandment of all; Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, is one Lord:
For I speak, through the grace which has been given unto me, for every one who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, as God has imparted to each one the measure of faith.
And He said to them, These are my words which I spoke to you, being still with you, that it behooves all things which have been written concerning me in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the Psalms, to be fulfilled.
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Therefore ye shall be perfect, as your Father who is in heaven is perfect.
And fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
And late on the Sabbath-day, on the dawn toward the first of the Sabbaths, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the sepulcher.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Jesus responded, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight for me, in order that I might not be delivered to the Jews. But now my kingdom is not from thence.
that nothing is to be according to self-seeking nor according to vain glory, but in humility esteeming one another better than yourselves;
For our citizenship is in the heavens; whence we are indeed looking for our Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
And the Sabbath passing away, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, prepared aromatics, in order that having come they may anoint Him.
Be ye not many teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.
For in him we live and move and have our being, as indeed certain ones of your own poets have said, For we are truly his offspring.
for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: thou hast spoken this truly.
Then when Jesus received the vinegar, He said, It is finished: and bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.
For in this way in olden times the holy wives, the ones having hope toward God, were indeed accustomed to beautify themselves, submissive to their own husbands:
having cast all your care upon him; because there is a care to him concerning you.
And the same message which we have heard from him, we also proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness.
For the sun with a scorching wind has risen, and dried up the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its countenance perished: so indeed the rich man will pass away in his ways.
as each one received the gift of grace, ministering the same to one another, as the good stewards of the manifold grace of God:
And behold, two of them on that day were journeying to a village, distant from Jerusalem sixty furlongs, to which was the name Emmaus:
Moreover, first of all things, I exhort you, that prayers, supplications, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made in behalf of all men;
Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: because it has been written; Cursed is every one having been hung on the wood:
The same was in the beginning with God.
You have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Then since the children have inherited blood and flesh, he likewise also received the same, in order that through death he might set at nought him who has the power of death, that is, the devil;
And the King responding will say unto them, Truly I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did these things to one of the least of these my brethren, you did them unto me.
And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most delightfully I will glory the more in my infirmities, in order that the power of Christ may abide on me.
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied.
I testify to every one hearing the words of the prophecy of this book. If any one may add to these things, God will add unto him the plagues which are written in this book:
concerning his Son, having been born of the seed of David according to the flesh;
And a certain one of the scribes, hearing them propounding questions, knowing that He answered them beautifully, asked Him, What is the first commandment of all?
having come to you, as it is indeed in the whole world bearing fruit and increasing, as also among you, from the day on which you heard and have known the grace of God in truth;
The Spirit is the One who creates life; the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and life.
and to knowledge holiness; and to holiness patience; and patience, godliness;
Then every one who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.
The Spirit Himself witnesses along with our spirit, that we are the children of God.
In this we know the divine love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
And passing along, He saw a man blind from his birth.
And Jesus said to him, Truly I say unto thee, This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
But I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood are not able to inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption.
being freely justified by his grace, through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus:
For I received this from the Lord, which I have also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the night in which he was betrayed, took bread,
but whosoever may drink of the water that I shall give to him shall never thirst; but the water which I shall give to him shall be in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called an apostle, having been separated unto the gospel of God,
After these things I saw, and behold a great multitude, which no one was able to number, out of every nation, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palms in their hands;
Truly, truly, I say unto you, the one coming not in through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbing up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
Marriage is honorable among all, and the couch undefiled: for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.
It is a faithful saying, If any one desires the episcopacy, he covets a beautiful work.
Blessed are the peacemakers: because they shall be called the sons of God.
And it came to pass, while Apollos was in Corinth, Paul having come through the upper regions came down into Ephesus: and found certain disciples,
And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites: because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, in order that they may appear unto the people. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.
You have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy.
For you were called unto liberty, brethren; only use not the liberty unto an occasion to the flesh, but through divine love serve one another.
And the great dragon, the old serpent, the one called the devil, and Satan, the one deceiving the whole world, was cast out: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Then whether you eat, or whether you drink, or what you do, do all things to the glory of God.
For in this way an entrance will be administered unto you abundantly into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Whatsoever you may do, work from your soul, as for the Lord, and not for men;
knowing that you have been redeemed from your depraved character transmitted from your ancestors, not by corruptible things, silver or gold,
Therefore be ye imitators of God, as beloved children;
and leading them out said, Sirs, what does it behoove me to do in order that I may be saved?
And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God, who did not worship the beast, nor his image, and they did not receive his mark on their forehead, and on their hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
praying with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit in every place, and watching unto this same thing in all perseverance and prayer for all the saints,
Let love be free from hypocrisy. Abhorring the evil, cleaving to the good:
and these have been written in order that you may believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God; and in order that believing you may have life through His name.
Likewise, ye wives, be submissive to your own husbands; in order that, if any do not believe the word, they shall be gained through the deportment of their wives, without the word;
But do you consider this, O man, judging those doing such things, and doing the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?
Then Peter, coming to Him, said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? until seven times?
And it happened unto them, a whole year indeed they assembled in the church, and taught a great multitude: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
(according to the custom of the priesthood he was chosen by lot to offer incense), having gone into the temple of the Lord;
No one hath ascended up into heaven, but the one having come down from heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven.
for the children not having been born, neither having done anything good or evil, in order that the purpose of God might stand according to election not of works, but of him that calleth,
And Jesus having been baptized, came up straightway from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened and He saw the Spirit of God, descending like a dove, coming on Him.
A Samaritan woman says to Him, How do you, being a Jew, ask to drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?
And they eating, Jesus taking the bread, and blessing it, broke, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
And again He having come into Capernaum during those days; and it was heard that He was in the house.
Then Jesus said to His disciples, If any one wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
And Jesus having come into the regions of Caesarea Philippi, asked His disciples, saying, Whom do the people say that I, the Son of man, am?
And a certain one from the multitude said to Him, Teacher, speak to my brother, to divide the inheritance with me.
And I saw an angel coming down out of the heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit, and a great chain on his hand.
that every one believing in Him may have eternal life.
And a certain one was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister.
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you are also raised by the faith of the operation of God, who raised him from the dead:
whom we preach, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, in order that we may present every man perfect in Christ;
And not only so, but let us also rejoice in tribulation; knowing that tribulation works out endurance;
For whosoever may keep the whole law, and fail in one item, has become guilty of all.
Be not astonished because I said to thee; It behooveth you to be born from above.
in the hope of eternal life, which God who cannot lie, promised before the eternal times,
Every one doing sin does also a transgression of the law: and sin is the transgression of the law.
The one having my commandments, and keeping them, he is the one loving me with divine love: the one loving me with divine love, shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will manifest myself unto him.
And if thy hand may offend thee, cut it off: it is good for thee to go into life maimed, rather than having two hands to go away into hell, into the fire that can not be quenched.
My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect to persons.
and the rich man, in his humility: because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.
And certain ones having come down from Judea were teaching the brethren that, Unless you may be circumcised, according to the custom of Moses, you are not able to be saved.
in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who believe not, in order that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, may not shine on them.
And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed unto the day of redemption.
And now why tarriest thou? arising, be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on His name.
Fear not, little flock; because your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.
And He traveling along the road, one having run to Him and worshiping Him, asked Him, Good Teacher, what shall I do in order that I may inherit eternal life?
Therefore kill your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry;
He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.
Then how can they call on him on whom they have not believed? and how can they believe on him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
For Christ is my life, and death is my gain.
And all the publicans and sinners were drawing nigh to Him to hear Him.
For unto this you have been called: because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you may follow in his steps:
But we all, with unveiled face beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever you pray for and ask, believe that you just now received them, and they shall be unto you.
praying, if by any means I shall be prospered in the will of God to come to you.
Or indeed shall he ask an egg, will he give him a scorpion?
And calling the multitude to Him with His disciples, He said to them, Whosoever wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
There is one body and one Spirit, as ye indeed are called in one hope of your calling;
Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.
but speaking the truth in divine love, let its grow up in him in all things, who is the head, Christ;
Then shall the kingdom of the heavens be likened unto ten virgins, who taking their lamps, went out to meet the bridegroom.
God having made the world and all things which are in it, being himself Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;
But you have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: because they are worthy.
which he has abounded unto us in all wisdom and understanding,
I have written these things unto you, in order that you may know that you have eternal life; to those who believe on the name of the Son of God.
But be ye kind toward one another, merciful, forgiving one another, as indeed God in Christ forgave you.
Even the dust from your city, that cleaveth to our feet, do we wipe off against you: but know this, that the kingdom of God is at hand.
Therefore I, being a fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, also a communicant of the glory which is about to be revealed, exhort the elders who are among you:
And this is the testimony, that God has given unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
but God, being rich in mercy, on account of his great love with which he loved us,
and he will wipe every tear out of their eyes; and there will be no more death, neither will there be any more sorrow, nor crying, nor pain: because the former things have passed away.
She, following Paul and us, continued to cry out, saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.
And I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven having the eternal gospel to preach to those dwelling upon the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people,
Be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but fear ye, rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
And the eleven disciples went away into Galilee into the mountain where Jesus commanded them:
Therefore we, from the day on which we heard, do not cease praying for you, and asking that you may be filled with the perfect knowledge of his will in all wisdom, and spiritual understanding,
To whom He also, after He suffered, manifested Himself alive in many testimonials, being seen by them forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:
Therefore let no one judge you in meat, or in drink, or in the participation of a feast, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath:
For the righteousness of God is revealed in him from faith to faith: as has been written, But the just shall live by faith.
Behold, he is coming with clouds; and every eye shall behold him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes of the earth will wail at him; yes, Amen.
praising God, and having favor unto all the people. And the Lord was daily adding to them those who were being saved.
For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but you received the Spirit of adoption, in which we cry; Father, Father.
And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
in whom we were also chosen by lot, having been predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things within us according to the counsel of his own will;
For when one may say, I am indeed of Paul; another, I am of Apollos; are you not men?
and the devil, the one deceiving them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also, and they shall be tormented day and night unto the ages of the ages.
But let us not get weary doing that which is good: for in due time we will reap, fainting not.
I have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now.
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but there is One coming after me more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; He will baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire.
having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible, through the word of God, who lives and abides.
And Jesus was beginning to be about thirty years old, being as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli,
And he responding said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with divine love from all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.
And Mary said; My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And this is the assurance which we have toward him, that, if we may ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
who also having revealed to us your divine love in the Spirit.
but this is the consolation among you through faith in one another, both of you and me.
And assuredly great is the mystery of godliness; Who is manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, was seen of angels, was preached among the Gentiles, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness divine love.
Thomas responded and said to Him, My Lord and my God.
Hold fast the form of sound words which you heard with me, in the faith and divine love which is in Christ Jesus:
Therefore God has indeed exalted him, and given him a name above every name;
Let no corrupt communication go forth out of your mouth, but if anything is good unto edification of need, in order that he may give grace to those who hear.
Concerning that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels of the heavens, except my Father only.
And I send the promise of the Father upon you: and you tarry in the city, until you may be endued with power from on high.
Jesus says to her, Cling not to me; for I have not ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and tell them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
Jesus spoke these words; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, said, Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son, in order that the Son may glorify thee:
Whence come wars and whence come battles within you? are they not from thence, from your pleasures warring in your members?
And there were certain ones at that time announcing to him concerning the Galileans, whose blood Pilate mixed with their sacrifices.
and every thing whatsoever you may do, in word or in work, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
You have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not murder; and whosoever may murder shall be in danger of the judgment;
You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
And all those who believed were together and had all things common,
And there shall be joy and rejoicing, and many shall rejoice at his birth.
draw nigh unto God, and he draws nigh unto you. Purify your hands, ye sinners; and cleanse your hearts, ye double-minded.
but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and unto the day of the age.
Little children, it is the last hour: and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, from which we know that it is the last hour.
Then when you may see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth know),
I have shown you all things, that it so behooveth you laboring to assist the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
And every one hearing these words of mine, and doing them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation;
For truly I say unto you, Until heaven and earth may pass away, one jot or tittle can not pass from the law, until all things may be accomplished.
and repentance unto remission of sins is to be preached in His name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements being scorched up will be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it will be burnt up.
Therefore remember, that when you were Gentiles in the flesh, called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, made in the flesh with hands;
And we have known and we have believed the divine love which God has in us. God is divine love; and the one abiding in divine love abides in God, and God abides in him.
as you have learned from Epaphras our beloved fellow-servant, who is the faithful minister of Christ your behalf,
After these things, Jesus again manifested Himself to His disciples, at the Sea of Tiberias; and He thus manifested Himself.
In them a multitude of the sick, blind, lame, withered, were lying down.
In the presence of God, and Jesus Christ, the one about to judge the living and the dead, I testify to, both his appearing and his kingdom;
James, the servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes who are in the Dispersion, greeting.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
then therefore let us not sleep like the rest, but watch and be sober.
And we have the more certain word of prophecy; to which you do well giving heed, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day may dawn, and the morning-star may rise in your hearts:
Put on the panoply of God, that you may be able to stand against the methods of the devil,
Therefore the Jews the more sought to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but said that God was His Father, making himself equal to God.
But indeed if we, or an angel from heaven, may preach unto you any other gospel except that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
For the time will come when they will not endure healthy teaching; but according to their own lusts they will heap to themselves teachers itching as to their hearing;
And they held the word to themselves, inquiring, what it is to rise from the dead.
Then, brethren, having boldness unto the entering in of the holies through the blood of Jesus,
the Spirit of truth: which the world is not able to receive, because it does not see Him, nor know Him: you know Him: because He abideth with you, and shall be in you.
And in the fifteenth year in the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituria and the Trachonitis country, and Lusanius tetrarch of Abilene, during the high-priesthood of Annas
And the shepherds were in that country, tenting out and keeping guard over their flock by night.
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: because they shall be filled.
For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how I unceasingly make mention of you always in my prayer;
Therefore see how you walk about circumspectly, not as unwise, but wise;
unto the perfection of the saints, in the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of Christ:
I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
For these things, being in you and overflowing, render you neither barren nor unfruitful in the perfect knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Therefore let us draw nigh with confidence to a throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace in every opportune need.
through which precious and greatest promises have been given unto us; that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Let no one look with contempt upon your youth; but be you an example of the faithful, in word, in deportment, in divine love, in faith, in purity.
For it behooves us all to appear before the judgment-seat of Christ, in order that each one may receive according to those things which he has done through the body, whether good or evil.
And Peter standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke to them: Judean men and all ye dwelling at Jerusalem, let this be known unto you, and know my words.
But I exhort you, brethren, to mark those who cause divisions and stumblings, contrary to the teaching which you have learned, and depart from them.
Owe no man anything, but to love one another with divine love: for the one loving another with divine love has fulfilled the law.
holding that which is according to the teaching of the faithful word, in order that he may be able both to exhort with healthy teaching, and to convict the opposers.
that John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
But we have such confidence through Christ towards God,
If therefore the Son may make you free, you shall be free indeed.
But neither was Titus the one with me, being a Greek, compelled to be circumcised:
And it shall come to pass, that every one who may call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Bear the burdens of one another, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Obey your leaders, and be submissive: for they are watching for your souls, as they shall give an account that they may do this with joy and not with grief, for this is unprofitable to you.
Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in you?
And He lifting up His eyes to His disciples, said, Blessed are ye poor: because the kingdom of God is yours.
They were all persevering of one accord in prayer along with the women, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.
The one doing sin is of the devil; because the devil sins from the beginning. Unto this the Son of God was made manifest, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
knowing that a man is not justified by works of law, but through the faith of Christ Jesus, and we have believed into Christ Jesus, in order that we may be justified by faith of Christ, and not by works of law, because by works of law no flesh shall be justified.
But, as has been written, the things which eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and has not entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.
Him by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, having been delivered, you having nailed up, slew through the hand of lawless men;
O the depth of the riches of the wisdom of the knowledge of God! His judgments are unsearchable, and his ways past tracing out.
Behold, one coming to Him said, Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do, in order that I may have eternal life?
But I consider my life worthy of no consideration to myself, so as to finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.
And if I may go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; in order that you may also be where I am.
and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstbegotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To the one loving us with divine love, and having washed us from our sins in His own blood,
But if the fall of them was the riches of the world, and the depletion of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
And Jesus said to him, It is this, if you are able (to believe); all things are possible to him that believeth.
preach the word: be instant in season and out of season; convict, exhort, rebuke, with all longsuffering and teaching.
Therefore no flesh shall be justified by works of law: for through law there is a perfect knowledge of sin.
And it came to pass, we going to the prayer, a certain damsel having a spirit of divination met us, who brought much gain to her masters telling fortunes.
And having sent from Miletus into Ephesus, he called for the elders of the church.
Behold, I speak to you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Therefore every one who shall confess me before the people, I will also confess him before my Father, who is in the heavens.
to know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Peter yet speaking these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all those hearing the word.
And daily of one accord in the temple they were persevering; and breaking bread from house to house, they received their food with gladness and purity of heart,
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And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless, in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write; The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God, says these things;
But I speak to the unmarried and the widows, that it is good for them that they may remain even as I:
and hope makes not ashamed; because the divine love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Ghost who has been given unto us.
because, knowing God, they did not glorify Him as God, neither were they thankful; but they became vain in their reasonings, and their foolish heart was darkened.
And John was also baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there were many waters there: and they came and baptized.
I have come to send fire on the earth; and what do I will, if it is already kindled?
If the world hates you, know that it first hated me.
not in the passion of lust, as indeed the Gentiles who do not know God;
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, \i Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
There is no fear in divine love; but perfect divine love casts out the fear: because the fear has torment; and the one fearing has not been made perfect in the divine love.
And He said to them, The Sabbath was made for the sake of man, and not man for the sake of the Sabbath.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Ahijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
And according to the law, almost all things are purified by blood; and without the shedding of blood there is no remission.
but if I tarry, in order that you may know how it behooves you to deport yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, in order to be baptized by him.
But I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that frequently I purposed to come to you, and was hindered hitherto, in order that I may have some fruit among you, as well as also among other Gentiles.
And if I may be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men towards me.
And while they were journeying along the road, they came to a certain water: and the eunuch says, Behold water; what doth hinder me from being baptized?
Therefore having girded up the loins of your minds, being perfectly sober, hope unto the grace which is conferred on you in the revelation of Jesus Christ.
But the intellectual man receives not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him; and he is not able to know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you tithe mint and anise and cummin, and pass by the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: it behooves to do these and not to neglect those.
In the first place, indeed, I praise my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
for God is the one working in you both to will and to do, of his own good pleasure.
and you have patience and have borne with them for my name's sake, and have not fainted.
who shall give an account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
whom God sent forth an expiation through faith in his blood, unto the manifestation of His righteousness through the remission of the sins which are passed,
but when the goodness and philanthropy of God our Saviour appeared,
Who art thou? and he confessed and denied not, and confessed that, I am not the Christ.
For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth Him all things which He doeth; and will show Him greater things than these, in order that you may be astonished.
Therefore as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk about in him,
for so many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Both the Spirit and the bride are saying, Come. And let the one hearing say, Come. And let the one thirsting come; let the one who is willing receive the water of life freely.
Let brotherly love continue.
Then Jesus, six days before the passover came into Bethany, where Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead, was,
strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and it behooves them through many tribulations to enter into the kingdom of God.
And there will be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars; and commotion of the nations of the earth in their perplexity, the sea and the wave roaring;
And He said to those selling doves; Take these things hence, make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.
For if you may not forgive the people their trespasses, your heavenly Father will not forgive you:
in circumcision the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
behold also the ships, being so great, and driven by fierce winds, are managed by the smallest rudder, whithersoever the will of the steersman prefers;
to open their eyes, to turn them from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, in order that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
And Jesus returned in the power of the spirit into Galilee.And the fame concerning Him went throughout the whole country.
If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture is not able to be broken),
See my hands and my feet, that I am He: feel me; and see, because a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you see me having.
Therefore having left the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be carried to perfection; not again laying the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
and whatsoever you may ask in my name, I will do it, in order that the rather may be glorified in the Son.
And Peter and John went up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth.
I am Alpha and Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was, and who is coming, the Almighty.
And He says to them, on that day, it being evening, Let us go away to the other side.
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
You heard that I said to you, I go away, and I come to you. If you love me with divine love, you would rejoice, because I go to my Father: because the Father is greater than I.
and whatsoever things thou hast heard with me through many witnesses, commit thou the same to faithful men, who will be able also to teach others.
Simon, Simon, behold, Satan sought you out, to sift you as wheat:
You are of God, little children, and you have conquered them; because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
And there was war in the heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon.
Therefore God gave them up, in the lusts of their hearts, to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves:
I rejoice exceedingly, the brethren coming and witnessing to thy truth, as thou art walking about in truth.
And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to receive the book, and to open its seals: because thou wast slain, and didst with thy blood redeem unto God out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Then the King will say to those on His right, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom which has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
And in this we know that we have known him, if we are keeping his commandments.
for your fellowship in the gospel from the first clay until now;
saying, Thou art worthy, O Lord truly our God, to receive glory and honor and power: because thou hast created all things, and through thy will they were, and were created.
I am the door: if any one may enter in through me, he shall be saved; he shall go in and come out, and find pasture.
Nicodemus responded and said to Him, How are these things able to he?
For I say unto you, that it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
But concerning that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels who are in heaven, or the Son, but the Father.
Remind them to submit to the governments, authorities, to obey the rule over them, to be ready unto every good work,
And a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian,
And they began to inquire among themselves, who then of them is the one of them about to do this.
So indeed faith, if it may not have works, is dead, as to itself.
And it came to pass while all the people were being baptized, and Jesus having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
And He said to them, See, and beware of all covetousness: because his life is not in that which aboundeth to any one, from those things belonging to him.
And these shall go away into eternal punishment: and the righteous into eternal life.
He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David:
But we see Jesus humiliated somewhat in comparison with the angels, having been crowned with glory and honor on account of the suffering of death, in order that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one.
But having gifts differing according to the grace given unto us, whether prophecy, it is according to the analogy of faith;
After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the Judean country; and there He was tarrying with them and baptizing.
But I exhort you, brethren, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you may all speak the same things, and that there may be no schisms among you; but you may be perfected in the same mind and in the same disposition.
And it came to pass while the days of His taking up were being fulfilled, and He turned His face to go to Jerusalem,
Therefore I say this, and witness in the Lord, that you no longer walk about as the Gentiles also walk about in the vanity of their mind,
Every one believing that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God: and every one loving with divine love him who begat, also loves him who has been begotten of him, with divine love.
And the God of hope fill you in all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Ghost.
Behold, I am coming quickly; and my reward is with me, to give unto each one as his work is.
And they continued to bring little children to Him, that He should touch them: but the disciples rebuked those bringing them.
And it came to pass after these discourses, about eight days, and taking Peter and John and James, He went up into the mountain to pray.
But receive to yourselves him who is weak in faith, not into disputations of doubtful matters.
Now is the judgment of this world: now the prince of this world shall be cast out.
And immediately, after the desolation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give her light, and the stars will fall from the heavens, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch is not able to produce fruit of itself, unless it may abide in the vine; so you are not able, unless you may abide in me.
For it is impossible that those having been once enlightened, and tasted the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
Not that I already received it, or have already been made perfect: but I persevere, if I may receive that for which I have indeed been received by Christ Jesus.
And electing elders for them in every church, praying with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
Therefore, O brethren, suffer long, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer receives the precious fruit of the earth, waiting for it, until he may receive the former and latter rain:
By faith we understand that the worlds were created by the word of God, and that which was seen was not made from things which are manifest.
And Jesus immediately constrained His disciples to embark into the ship and go before Him to the other side, until he can send away the multitudes.
because that which is known of God is manifest in them; for God has revealed it to them:
And He also spoke to His disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and he was slandered to him as wasting his goods.
receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: and it behooves me to bring them and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Which antitype baptism does even now save you, not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the seeking after a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
as He has appointed a day, in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; giving faith to all, having raised Him from the dead.
And there were six waterpots of stone sitting there according to the purification of the Jews, containing about two or three firkins. Jesus says to them,
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words can not pass away.
In him is divine love, not because we loved God with divine love, but because he loved us with divine love, and sent his Son an expiation for our sins.
As the Father loved me, I also loved you: abide in my love.
The one believing on me, as the Scripture said, out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.
Because the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
And receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
or does he speak it altogether on account of us? For it was written on account of us, That the one plowing ought to plow in hope, and the one threshing in hope of partaking.
I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to this mystery, in order that you may not he wise with yourselves, that blindness in part has happened unto Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles may come in;
And if any one was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
Then being interrogated by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God is coming, He responded to them and said, The kingdom of God comes not with observation:
He said to them; It is not your province, to know the times or seasons, which the Father placed in His own authority.
Then when He arose from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said these things, and believed the Scripture and words which Jesus spoke.
And the Pharisees and certain ones of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem, gather to Him.
But when they believed Philip preaching the gospel concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Therefore I said to you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you may not believe that I am He, you shall die in your sins.
And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there was a great persecution in that day against the church in Jerusalem: and all were dispersed abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Blessed are the pure in heart: because they shall see God.
For the Father judgeth no one, for He hath given all judgment to the Son;
For what is a man profited, if he may gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
And beginning from Moses and all the prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures, the things concerning Himself.
And I am no longer in the world, and they are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them through my name whom thou hast given unto me, in order that they may be one, as we are.
But I consider it righteous, so long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by remembrance;
witnessing both to Jews, and to Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
because the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ is also the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.
Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and you say, that in Jerusalem is the place where it behooveth to worship.
For we sinning willingly after we have received the perfect knowledge of the truth, there is left no more sacrifice for sins,
But let not this one thing be forgotten, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Let us love with divine love, because he himself first loved us with divine love.
At that time Jesus responding said, I praise thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and reveal them unto babes.
Then the Jews said, Forty and six years was this temple being built, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
And Jesus says to her, What is that to me and to thee? O woman, my hour is not yet come.
And as you wish that the people may do unto you, do ye unto them even likewise.
For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: for the same is Lord of all, rich unto all that call on him.
having been built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone,
And now I commend you to God and the word of His grace, who is able to edify you, and give you an inheritance among all the sanctified.
For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
for false Christs and false prophets will rise up, and give great signs and wonders; so as to deceive even the elect, if possible.
and you, being dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your depravity, has he created life in you along with himself, having forgiven us all transgressions,
And I wrote this same thing, in order that, having come, I may not have grief over those from whom it behooves me to rejoice; and having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, being rich, for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might be made rich.
Paul, the apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, to the saints who are in Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus.
And they ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Now separate unto me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
Brethren, I do not consider that I have yet received it;
like newly born babes, desire the pure milk of the word, in order that you may grow thereby unto salvation:
Not that I speak concerning deficiency: for I have learned to be content with those things amid which I am.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show unto his servants the thing which it behooves speedily to come to pass; and he signified having sent by his angel to his servant John;
Let no one deceive you in any way: because unless there may first be an apostasy and the man of lawlessness may be revealed, the son of perdition,
Therefore the mind of depravity is enmity toward God: for it is not subordinated to the law of God, for it is not able so to be.
Then they were speaking, What is this, Little while, of which He speaks? and we know not what He is talking about.
the Spirit and the water, and blood: and these three are one.
and Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; Joram begat Hozias;
And Jesus and His disciples went away into the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He asked His disciples, saying to them, Whom do the people say that I am?
that we should be unto the praise of his glory, who first exercised hope in Christ:
But in all these we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
How much more then, having now been justified by his blood, shall we be saved from wrath through him.
Then Jesus said unto them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, Unless you may eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.
And Paul standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said, Athenian men, I perceive that in all things you are very religious.
Unto whom going forth, to a living stone, indeed rejected by men, but elect with God, precious,
He put forth another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like unto a man sowing good seed in his field.
And if she having sent away her husband, may marry another, she commits adultery.
And His parents were going, according to custom, into Jerusalem at the feast of the passover.
For we indeed have many members in one body, but all the members have not the same office:
and Jesus says to them, On account of your unbelief. For truly I say unto you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.
But I say unto you that every one looking on a woman in order to lust after her hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Having confidence in your obedience I have written to you, knowing that you will do even more than those things which I say.
but if any one does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?
Now I rejoice in sufferings in your behalf, and am filling up the residue of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh in behalf of his body, which is the church;
because everything which has been born of God conquers the world: and this is the victory which has conquered the world, our faith.
If then you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, then how much more will your Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him?
in which at one time you walked about according to the age of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit which is now working in the sons of disobedience;
And saying this, He breathed on them, and says to them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost.
Jesus responded and said to her, Every one drinking of this water shall thirst again:
And He responded to them, My Father worketh until now, and I work.
and you, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, into a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, acceptable unto God through Jesus Christ.
For as the woman is from the man, so the man also is by the woman; and all things from God.
pray without ceasing;
And He responding said to them, Have you not read, that the one having made them from the beginning made them male and female?
but I say unto you that every one being angry with his brother, shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever may say to his brother, Thou scoundrel, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever may say, Thou fool, shall be liable unto a hell of fire.
And if children, indeed heirs; truly heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if we suffer together, in order that we may also be glorified together.
But he that gives seed to the sower, will also give bread to the eater, and multiply your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:
Truly, truly, I say unto you, Unless the grain of wheat having fallen into the ground may die, it remains alone; but if it may die, it produces much fruit.
And it came to pass, while He was journeying to Jerusalem, and He was going through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
And calling the twelve, He gave to them power and authority over all demons, and to heal diseases.
as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give His soul a ransom for many.
for because we have brought nothing into the world, we are not able to carry any thing out;
But Jesus said, Suffer the little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of the heavens.
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, every one judging. For in whatsoever thou art judging another, thou art condemning thyself; for thou judging art doing the same things.
Indeed then Jesus also did many other miracles in the presence of His disciples, which have not been written in this book;
And on account of this the Jews continued to persecute Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your provocation:
how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered up himself without spot to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
knowing this, that our old man is crucified along with him, in order that the body of sin may be destroyed, that we may no longer serve sin;
In those days comes John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
But it is this, he that soweth sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall also reap bountifully.
I am not able to do anything of myself: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the One having sent me.
Because no word shall be impossible with God.
Therefore, having laid aside lying, speak the truth each one with his neighbors: because we are members of one another.
All things whatsoever you may ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive.
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary? the brother of James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? Are not His sisters here with us? And they were offended in Him.
Be constant in prayer, watching in the same with thanksgiving;
Do you look with contempt upon the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God is leading you to repentance?
Ye wives, submit to your husbands as is becoming in the Lord.
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and his Christ; and he will reign until the ages of the ages.
No longer do I call you servants; because the servant knows not what his lord is doing: but I have called you friends; because all things which I heard with my Father, I made known unto you.
And calling with a loud voice, Jesus said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. And having said this, He expired.
But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female.
saying, Father, if this cup is willing to pass from me; moreover let not my will, but thine be done.
that with reference to your former life, you are to lay aside the old man, who is corrupt in the lusts of deception;
For God is my witness, how I long after you in the affections of Jesus Christ.
I am the living bread, having come down from heaven; if any one may eat of me the bread, he will live forever: and the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
Every valley shall be filled up and every mountain and hill shall be cut down; and the crooked places shall be straight and the rough ways smooth.
But if the Spirit of Him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, the one having raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also create life in your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who dwells in you.
And Simon Peter responding said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
being filled with the fruit of righteousness, through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
And to each one of you grace is given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
And they come into Jericho: and He and His disciples and a great multitude going out from Jericho, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, was sitting by the wayside, begging.
to whom all from small even unto the great gave heed, saying, This one is the power of God, called Great.
And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw beneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain on account of the word of God, and the testimony which they had.
because this day a Savior is born unto you, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.
And the other one came, saying, Lord, behold, thy pound, which I had laid away in a napkin:
And the multitudes having found out, followed Him And receiving them, He spoke to them concerning the kingdom of God, and healed those having need of healing.
And they traveled through Phrygia and the Galatian country, being prohibited by the Holy Ghost from speaking the word in Asia.
And it came to pass consecutively, that He was going through city and village, proclaiming and preaching the gospel of God, and the twelve along with Him.
but to the Son he says, Thy throne, O God, is unto the age of the age; and the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom.
avenging not yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it has been written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.
O foolish Galatians, who has been bewitching you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was set forth having been crucified?
And the chief ruler of the synagogue, responding, being grieved because Jesus healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, There are six days in which it behooveth us to work: therefore during these, coming, be healed, and not on the Sabbath-day.
As each one has predetermined in his heart; not of reluctance, or of constraint: for God loves the hilarious giver.
And He said to them, As it has been written, That Christ must suffer, and rise from the dead on the third day;
John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from the one who is, and who was, and who is coming; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
And when they came in, they went up into the upper room, where Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James, were abiding.
And a certain ruler asked Him, saying, Good Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit eternal life?
and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather indeed convict them.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwelling with the wife according to knowledge, as the weaker vessel, extending to them honor, as indeed the equal heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers should not be hindered.
Let a woman learn in silence in all submission;
For when we also were without understanding, being disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in sin and envy, hateful, hating one another;
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, having been sold under sin.
likewise that the women adorn themselves in comely apparel, with modesty and prudence; not with braided hair, and gold or pearls or costly garments;
Truly, truly, I say unto you, the one believing has eternal life.
And I stood upon the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads; and upon his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads names of blasphemy.
And a certain woman Lydia by name, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, worshiping God, was hearing us: whose heart the Lord opened to give attention to the words spoken by Paul.
Behold I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you.
who were born not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
And criticise not, and you can not be criticised. Condemn not, and you can not be condemned.
knowing that the laying aside of my tabernacle is swift, as our Lord Jesus Christ also showed to me.
And He says to them; Is it lawful to do good or to do evil on the Sabbath; to save life, or to kill? And they were silent.
knowing that if each one may do good, he will receive this with the Lord, whether bond or free.
And it came to pass consecutively, He departed into a city called Nain; and His many disciples and a great multitude went along with Him.
But we know that so many things as the law speaks, it says to those under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may become guilty before God.
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, \i Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
And it came to pass in those days, that He went out into the mountain to pray; and was there through the night in the prayer of God.
You were running well; who did hinder you that you should not obey the truth?
In this the divine love of God has been made manifest in us, because God has sent his only begotten Son into the world that we may live through him.
For if God spared not the angels who sinned, but having sent them down to hell, committed them to chains of darkness to be kept unto judgment;
And having done this, they caught a great multitude of fishes; and their net was breaking;
Again I say unto you, that if two of you may agree upon the earth concerning everything which you may ask, it shall be done unto you by my Father, who is in the heavens.
But He knew their thoughts, and said to the man having the withered hand, Rise up, and stand in the midst; and he having arisen stood.
After six days Jesus takes Peter, and John, and James, and carries them up into an exceedingly high mountain privately alone; and was transfigured before them:
Therefore it behooves us the more earnestly to give heed to the things which we have heard, lest at some time we may leak out.
but each one is tempted by his own lusts, being drawn out, and enticed.
And in harmony with this same thing also, add to your faith heroism; and to heroism, knowledge;
For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world even until now nor ever may be.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect sojourners of the Dispersion of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
and Hezekiah begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josiah;
Then what? are we the better? By no means: for we have proven already that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin;
Who is wise and instructed among you? Let him show forth out of beautiful conduct his works in meekness of wisdom.
to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, who is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Then many of the Jews read this title: because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city: And it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Roman.
Then He says to the man, Reach forth thy hand. And he reached it forth and it was restored.
And the Gentiles hearing, rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord: and so many as had been ordained unto eternal life believed:
And Zacharias said to the angel: According to what shall I know this? for I am old and my wife advanced in her days.
that which we have seen and heard we also proclaim to you, in order that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is indeed with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
But what says it? The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach.
For the love of money is a root of all evils: which some seeking after have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
All things are from God, the one having reconciled us unto himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,
And to Him give all the prophets witness, that every one believing on him receives the remission of sins through His name.
Do you not know that those running in the stadium, indeed all run, and one receives the prize? So run, that you may receive it.
And after six days Jesus takes Peter, and James, and John his brother, and carries them up into an exceedingly high mountain privately.
Jesus responding said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho; and fell among thieves, who indeed having stripped him of his raiment, administered blows, went away, leaving him half dead.
And during those days, Peter standing up in the midst of the brethren, said (and the number of names were about one hundred and twenty),
And He sitting upon the Mount of Olives; the disciples came to Him privately, saying, Tell us, when these things shall be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming and the end of the age?
kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;
Behold, I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
For I am also a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.
Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be some first fruit of his creations.
For I was hungry, and you gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in;
It is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:
for this is my blood which belongs to the new covenant, which is shed for many unto the remission of sin.
And now, Father, glorify thou me with thyself with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
if any one is irreproachable, the husband of one wife, having faithful children, not in accusation of riot or incorrigible.
For the earnest expectation of the creature awaits the revelation of the sons of God.
There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fishes: but what are these among so many?
And the angel said to them; Fear not; for behold, I preach unto you the gospel of great joy, which shall be to all people;
I know, that after my departure grievous wolves will rise up against you, not sparing the flock;
Fear not those things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you a crown of life.
And behold, thou shalt conceive and hear a son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus.
Jesus says to her, Believe me, woman, that the hour cometh, you will worship the Father neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem.
Beloved, I exhort you as pilgrims and strangers, to abstain from the carnal desire which wars against the soul;
But when thou mayest pray, enter into thy closet, and having closed thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will reward thee openly.
And they eating, Jesus having taken the bread, blessing it, broke, and gave it to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.
Yes truly, I even counted all things loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I suffer the loss of all things, and I consider them but excrements, that I may gain Christ,
And He began to teach them, that it behooves the Son of man to suffer many things, and to be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests and the scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise.
After this He and His mother, and His brothers and His disciples went down into Capernaum, and abode there not many days.
And Mary, rising, departed into the mountainous land, with haste, into a city of Judah.
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but the righteousness of God through faith of Jesus Christ is unto all who believe: for there is no difference,
And taking him, they led him to the Areopagus, saying; Are we able to know what is this new teaching, spoken by thee?
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles may be fulfilled.
And Jesus looking on them said; With men this is impossible; but all things are possible with God.
And it was the feast of dedication in Jerusalem: and it was winter;
And by the cross of Jesus stood His mother, and the sister of His mother, Mary the mother of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
Therefore we faint not; but if indeed our external man perishes, yet our internal man is renewed day by day.
But the Lord is a Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
But Paul waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, seeing the city devoted to idolatry.
And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in the heaven: and all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and will see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and much glory.
Ye servants, obey those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in purity of your heart, as unto Christ;
And speaking these things, He was journeying before them, going up to Jerusalem.
And He said to them, When you pray, say, Our Father, let thy name be hallowed: let thy kingdom come:
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God was made unto us wisdom, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
And other fell upon stones, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
but prove all things; and hold fast to the beautiful;
for he unto whom these things are not present is blind, not seeing afar off, having received the forgetfulness of his purgation from his old sins.
And Herod the king having heard, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him,
Paul, the servant of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the elect of God, and the perfect knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, coming upon you unto your testing: as some strange thing happening to you:
And when Cephas came into Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to blame.
For as the Father raiseth up the dead and createth life in them, so the Son also createth life in whom He will.
and washed as to our body with purifying water: let us hold fast the testimony of hope steadfast; for the one having promised is faithful;