He did this so that now, through the church, the wisdom of God in all its variety might be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realm

For you know that a person like this is corrupt and keeps on sinning, being self-condemned.

"Suppose one of you has 100 sheep and loses one of them. He leaves the 99 in the wilderness and looks for the one that is lost until he finds it, doesn't he?

When Paul saw that some of them were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he shouted in the Council, "Brothers, I'm a Pharisee and a descendant of Pharisees. I'm on trial concerning the hope that the dead will be resurrected."

If you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it."

The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob the God of our ancestors has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you betrayed and rejected in the presence of Pilate, even though he had decided to let him go.

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees would fast regularly. Some people came and asked Jesus, "Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees' disciples fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

The wealthy rule over the poor, and anyone who borrows is a slave to the lender.

"But a famine spread throughout Egypt and Canaan, and with it great suffering, and our ancestors couldn't find any food.

He asked her, "What do you want?" She told him, "Promise that in your kingdom these two sons of mine will sit on your right and on your left."

Now some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus

because if you believed Moses, you would believe me, since he wrote about me.

so that your genuine faith, which is more valuable than gold that perishes when tested by fire, may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus, the Messiah, is revealed.

so that you may be blameless and innocent, God's children without any faults among a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world

Let's swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those who go down into the Pit.

Don't be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets proclaimed: "This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "It's time to turn from your evil lifestyles and from your evil actions," "but they would neither listen nor pay attention to me,'" declares the LORD.'

This message from the LORD came to me a second time: "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a boiling pot, and its mouth is tilted away from the north."

Come! Let us sing joyfully to the LORD! Let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation.

"I'm a Hebrew," he replied, "and I'm afraid of the LORD God of heaven, who made the sea along with the dry land!"

The words of Amos, who was among the sheep breeders of Tekoa, which he spoke concerning Israel during the reign of Uzziah, king of Judah and during the reign of Joash's son Jeroboam, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the territory of Judea on the other side of the Jordan.

a land without scarcity. You'll eat food in it and lack nothing. It's a land where its rocks are iron and you can dig copper from its mountains."

When David finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan became a close friend to David, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

Pray for peace for Jerusalem: "May those who love you be at peace!

Deborah, a woman, prophet, and wife of Lappidoth, was herself judging Israel during that time.

Continue to remember those in prison as if you were in prison with them, as well as those who are mistreated, since they also are only mortal.

The person who conquers in this way will wear white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the Book of Life. I will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and his angels.

Ministers, too, must be serious. They must not be two-faced, addicted to wine, or greedy for money.

To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given so that I might proclaim to the gentiles the immeasurable wealth of the Messiah

"Indeed I said, "You are gods, and all of you are sons of the Most High.

Rab-shakeh told them, "Tell Hezekiah right now, "This is what the great king, the king of Assyria says:

By faith Enoch was taken away without experiencing death. He could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he won approval as one who pleased God.

Then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the creation of the world. But now, at the end of the ages, he has appeared once for all to remove sin by his sacrifice.

Never be lazy in showing such devotion. Be on fire with the Spirit. Serve the Lord.

Those of you who are trying to be justified by the Law have been cut off from the Messiah. You have fallen away from grace.

He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

"From Joseph's descendants through Ephraim: Ammihud's son Elishama. From Manasseh: Pedahzur's son Gamaliel.

Join me in suffering like a good soldier of the Messiah Jesus.

to keep these commands stainlessly and blamelessly until the appearance of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.

After all, David did not go up to heaven, but he said, "The Lord told my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

Believe me, I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Otherwise, believe me because of what I've been doing.

Now if we have died with the Messiah, we believe that we will also live with him,

Now there was a woman who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years.

I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view of this. However, the one who is troubling you will suffer God's judgment, whoever he is.

Now as the crowds continued to throng around Jesus, he went on to say, "This people living today are an evil generation. It craves a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah,

to provide for those who grieve in Zion to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a mantle of praise instead of a spirit of despair." "Then people will call them "Oaks of Righteousness", "The Planting of the LORD", in order to display his splendor.

After he had put up with them for 40 years in the wilderness,

The man immediately became well, and he picked up his mat and started walking. Now that day was a Sabbath.

When evening had come, the disciples went to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and it's already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the hillside by himself.

But he told them, "You give them something to eat." They replied, "We have nothing more than five loaves of bread and two fish unless we go and buy food for all these people."

"After this, I continued to observe the night visions. And look! there was a fourth awe-inspiring, terrifying, and viciously strong animal! It had large, iron teeth. It devoured and crushed things, and trampled under its feet whatever remained. Different from all of the other previous animals, it had ten horns.

but you are to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation to me.' These are the words you are to declare to the Israelis."

Then Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written:

I told them, "If it's alright with you, pay me what I've earned. But if it isn't, don't." So they paid out what I had earned 30 pieces of silver.

"Now this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, says: "Carefully consider your ways:

When the time came for Elizabeth to have her child, she gave birth to a son.

"Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, to those who rest on the mountain of Samaria the famous men of the nations to whom the house of Israel came!

In the same way, their males also abandoned their natural sexual function toward females and burned with lust toward one another. Males committed indecent acts with males, and received within themselves the appropriate penalty for their perversion.

When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gerasenes, two demon-possessed men met him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so violent that no one could travel on that road.

"Wake up, you drunkards! Cry aloud and howl, you wine drinkers, because your supply of new wine has been snatched from you.

who disobeyed long ago in the days of Noah, when God waited patiently while the ark was being built. In it a few, that is, eight persons, were saved by water.

Let everyone who breathes praise the LORD. Hallelujah!

"Look! A day is coming for the LORD, when your plunder will be divided among you.

Better is a little accompanied by fear of the LORD than abundant wealth with turmoil.

While this messenger was still speaking, another came and announced, "Your children were celebrating in their oldest brother's house

No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Therefore the wicked will not escape judgment, nor will sinners have a place in the assembly of the righteous.

In him there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free person. Instead, the Messiah is all and in all.

The message that Amoz's son Isaiah received concerning Judah and Jerusalem:

Whatever has happened, will happen again; whatever has been done, will be done again. There is nothing new on earth.

"You are not to make incisions in your flesh on account of the dead nor submit to cuts or tattoos. I am the LORD.

"What do we have in common, you man of God?" she accused Elijah. "You came to me so you could uncover my guilt! And you're responsible for the death of my son!"

Meanwhile the boy Samuel was serving the LORD before Eli. A word from the LORD was rare in those days, and visions were infrequent.

Furthermore, the dogs will eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel. There will be no burial for her.'" Then he opened the door and left.

Now therefore this is what the LORD says: "You won't be getting up from that bed of yours on which you're lying. You will most certainly die!"'" So Elijah got up and went.

When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, he had the two tablets in his hand, and he did not know that the skin of his face was ablaze with light because he had been speaking with God.

Yet you ask, "For what reason?' Because the LORD acts as a witness between you and the wife of your youth, because you were unfaithful to her, your partner, the wife of your covenant.

"Every living, moving creature will be food for you. Just as I gave you green plants before, so now you have everything.

For you have died, and your life has been safely guarded by the Messiah in God.

He told them, "Keep on struggling to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you that many people will try to enter, but won't be able to do so.

May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the endurance of the Messiah.

The Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will never be ashamed."

But Jesus called the disciples and said, "You know that the rulers of the unbelievers lord it over them and their superiors act like tyrants over them.

Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown to us, we do not get discouraged.

Our hope for you is unshaken, because we know that as you share our sufferings, you also share our comfort.

At that time some prophets from Jerusalem came down to Antioch.

because you were bought for a price. Therefore, glorify God with your bodies.

"Nevertheless, the LORD will wait so he can be gracious to you; and thus he will rise up to show you mercy. For the LORD is a God of justice. How blessed are all those who wait for him."

Why are the nations in an uproar, and their people involved in a vain plot?

Besides, God is able to make every blessing of yours overflow for you, so that in every situation you will always have all you need for any good work.

Now Jesus and his disciples had been on the road going up to Jerusalem, with Jesus walking ahead of them. They were astonished, and the others who followed were afraid.

After a lengthy debate, Peter stood up and told them, "Brothers, you know that in the early days, God chose me to be the one among you through whom the gentiles would hear the message of the gospel and believe.

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I'll hide my eyes from you. Even though you pray repeatedly, I won't listen. Your hands are full of blood, your fingers drenched with iniquity."

When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.

A good reputation is more desirable than great wealth, and favorable acceptance more than silver and gold.

While this messenger was still speaking, another came and announced, "The Chaldeans formed three companies, raided the camels, captured the servants, and killed them with swords. Only I alone escaped to tell you."

As an expert builder using the grace that God gave me, I laid the foundation, and someone else is building on it. But each person must be careful how he builds on it.

foolish, faithless, heartless, and ruthless.

Come on, let's be careful how we treat them, so that when they grow numerous, if a war breaks out they won't join our enemies, fight against us, and leave our land."

Now to someone who works, wages are not considered a gift but an obligation.

"Observe my statutes. "You are not to let your cattle breed with a different species. "You are not to sow your fields with two different kinds of seeds. "You are not to wear clothing made from two different kinds of material.

For the Messiah did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, not with eloquent wisdom, so the cross of the Messiah won't be emptied of its power.

He does great things that cannot be explained, and awesome deeds that cannot be counted.

"But let justice roll on like many waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing river.

He displayed the enormous wealth of his kingdom, along with its splendid beauty and greatness for many days for 180 days in all.

I'm not going to do this during your lifetime, for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of your son's control.

When the fifth angel blew his trumpet, I saw a star that had fallen to earth from the sky. The star was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked him. "Nobody is good except for one God.

However, I admit to you that in accordance with the Way, which they call a heresy, I worship the God of our ancestors and believe in everything written in the Law and the Prophets.

I wrote to you in my letter to stop associating with people who are sexually immoral

And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell you about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.

So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must never separate."

One spring day, during the time of year when kings go off to war, David sent out Joab, along with his personal staff and all of Israel's army. They utterly destroyed the Ammonites and then attacked Rabbah while David remained in Jerusalem.

Stay with the same family, eating and drinking whatever they provide, because the worker deserves his pay. Don't move from house to house.

And he will judge among many people, rebuking strong nations far away; and they will reshape their swords as plowshares and their spears as pruning hooks. No nation will threaten another, nor will they train for war anymore.

Bless the LORD, my soul, and never forget any of his benefits:

Watch! I'm about to carry out something new! And now it's springing up don't you recognize it? I'm making a way in the wilderness and paths in the desert.

You said in your heart, "I'll ascend to heaven, above the stars of God. I'll erect my throne; I'll sit on the Mount of Assembly in the far reaches of the north;

For through him, both of us have access to the Father by one Spirit.

The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth."

Whoever doesn't carry his cross and follow me can't be my disciple.

he says: "It is too small a thing for you to be my servant, to raise up the tribes of Israel and bring back those of Jacob I have preserved. I'll also make you as a light to the nations, to be my salvation to the ends of the earth.

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.

To: Titus, a genuine child in the faith that we share. May grace and peace from God the Father and the Messiah, Jesus our Savior, be yours!

Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other. The LORD listened and took note, and a scroll of remembrance was written in his presence about those who fear the LORD and honor His name.

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, for those who have been trained by it, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace.

The young man who had been relating the story answered, "I happened to be on Mount Gilboa and there was Saul, leaning on his spear! Meanwhile, the chariots and horsemen were rapidly drawing near.

It won't be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. They broke my covenant, although I was a husband to them," declares the LORD.

The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, be with all of you!

and studies himself carefully, and then goes off and immediately forgets what he looks like.

"Now these are the commands, decrees, and ordinances that the LORD commanded me to teach you. Obey them in the land you are entering to possess,

They leap like the rumbling of chariots echoing from mountain tops, like the roar of wild fire that devours the chaff, as an army firmly established in battle array.

since none of them needed anything, because everyone who had land or houses would sell them and bring the money received for the things sold

But every spirit who does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist. You have heard that he is coming, and now he is already in the world.

you will consistently give thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah;

Because all the people were weeping as they listened to the words of the Law, Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the descendants of Levi who taught the people told everyone, "This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep."

you may be sure that whoever brings a sinner back from his wrong path will save his soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.

Resist him and be firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.

But the LORD loved you and kept his oath that he made to your ancestors. The LORD brought you out with great power from slavery, from the control of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.

For Ezra had set his heart to seek the Law of the LORD, to obey it, and to teach God's statutes and judgments in Israel.

because false messiahs and false prophets will appear and produce signs and omens to deceive, if possible, the elect.

We know that the person who has been born from God does not go on sinning. Rather, the Son of God protects them, and the evil one cannot harm them.

We have much to say about this, but it is difficult to explain because you have become too lazy to understand.

Jesus told them, "Follow me, and I'll make you fishers of people!"

"Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen! The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made them a great people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with a public display of power he led them out of there.

Whoever keeps company with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm.

If we suffer, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are suffering.

Righteousness makes a nation great, but sin diminishes any people.

Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks from the cup in an unworthy manner will be held responsible for the Lord's body and blood.

"Or suppose a woman has ten coins and loses one of them. She lights a lamp, sweeps the house, and searches carefully until she finds it, doesn't she?

"Now this is what the parable means. The seed is God's word.

The LORD is good a refuge in troubled times. He knows those who are confiding in him.

Then Jesus told his disciples, "I tell all of you with certainty, it will be hard for a rich person to get into the kingdom from heaven.

Ephraim's jealousy will vanish, and those who are hostile to Judah will be eliminated; Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah, and Judah will not be hostile to Ephraim.

The others were furious and began to discuss with each other what they could do to Jesus.

Instead, Cain told his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the wilderness." When they were outside in the fields, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

So then, from now on we do not think of anyone from a human point of view. Even if we did think of the Messiah from a human point of view, we don't think of him that way anymore.

The sun rises, the sun sets, then rushes back to where it arose.

Let your gracious attitude be known to all people. The Lord is near:

Nothing unclean, or anyone who does anything detestable, and no one who tells lies will ever enter it. Only those whose names are written in the lamb's Book of Life will enter it.

I've heard you with my ears; and now I've seen you with my eyes.

I sought the LORD and he answered me; he delivered me from all of my fears.

Now by that same word, the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire and are being kept for the day when ungodly people will be judged and destroyed.

He looked around at all of them and then told the man, "Hold out your hand." The man did so, and his hand was restored to health.

He also brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read as follows: ""and now as this letter finds its way to you, look! I've sent my servant Naaman to you so you may heal him of his leprosy."

one-third of the creatures that were living in the sea died, and one-third of the ships was destroyed.

but with the precious blood of the Messiah, like that of a lamb without blemish or defect.

Since they couldn't bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof over the place where he was. They dug through it and let down the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.

They had tails and stingers like scorpions, and they had the power to hurt people with their tails for five months.

For while I was with you I resolved to know nothing except Jesus the Messiah, and him crucified.

If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch. If the root is holy, so are the branches.

What, then, does this mean? Should we go on sinning because we are not under Law but under grace? Of course not!

At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon.

"I will make youths their princes, and infants will rule over them.

At that time, after a large crowd again had gathered together with nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples and told them,

Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a large crowd, like the sound of raging waters, and like the sound of powerful thunderclaps, saying, "Hallelujah! The Lord our God, the Almighty, is reigning.

It took 20 years for Solomon to finish working on the two houses the LORD's Temple and the royal palace

Whatever these people do not understand, they slander. Like irrational animals, they are destroyed by the very things they know by instinct.

from 20 years and upward. You and Aaron are to register everyone in Israel who is able to go to war, company by company.

We don't speak about these things with words taught us by human wisdom, but with words taught by the Spirit, as we explain spiritual things to spiritual people.

"Go through the camp," he said, "and command the people, "Prepare provisions for yourselves, because within three days you'll be crossing the Jordan River to take possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving you so go get it!'"

Because he knows the road on which I travel, when he had tested me, I'll come out like gold.

For he grew up before him like a tender plant, and like a root out of a dry ground; he had no form and he had no majesty that we should look at him, and there is no attractiveness that we should desire him.

Now the LORD had prepared a large sea creature to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the sea creature for three days and three nights.

Dread and fear have fallen on them, because of the strength of your arm. They have become silent as a stone, until your people pass by, LORD, until this people you acquired pass by.

A man of the family of Levi married the daughter of a descendant of Levi.

and asked, "Where is the one who was born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

Eventually a new king who was unacquainted with Joseph came to power in Egypt.

"Then Abraham told him, "If your brothers do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded, even if someone were to rise from the dead.'"

I am speaking to you gentiles. Because I am an apostle to the gentiles, I magnify my ministry

Flashes of lightning, noises, and peals of thunder came from the throne. Burning in front of the throne were seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God.

He told his people, "Look, the Israeli people are more numerous and more powerful than we are.

Peter answered him, "Lord, if it's you, order me to come to you on the water."

As it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations." Abraham acted in faith when he stood in the presence of God, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence things that don't yet exist.

because the Law and all the Prophets prophesied up to the time of John.

My son, pay attention to my words, and listen closely to what I say.

Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied about these people when he said, "Look! The Lord has come with countless thousands of his holy ones.

Let that day be dark; let God above not care about it; let no light shine over it.

When they arrived, they called the church together and told them everything that God had done with them and how he had opened a door so that gentiles would believe.

He captured the dragon, that ancient serpent, also known as the Devil and Satan, and tied him up for a thousand years.

I'll show you the one you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the one who has the authority to throw you into hell after killing you. Yes, I tell you, be afraid of him!

"Come, let us return to the LORD; even though he has torn us, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bind our wounds.

Now while a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from every city, he said in a parable:

"No, sir!" Hannah replied. "I'm a deeply troubled woman. I've drunk neither wine nor beer. I've been pouring out my soul in the LORD's presence.

To: The holy and faithful brothers in Colossae who are in union with the Messiah. May grace and peace from God our Father be yours!

Then the master told the servant, "Go out into the streets and the lanes and make the people come in, so that my house may be full.

Even then, if the prophet speaks presumptuously in my name, which I didn't authorize him to speak, or if he speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die.'

But the more the Egyptians afflicted the Israelis, the more they multiplied and flourished, so that the Egyptians became terrified of the Israelis.

But he kept silent and didn't answer at all. The high priest asked him again, "Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?"

"Now learn a lesson from the fig tree. When its branches become tender and it produces leaves, you know that summer is near.

When Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in foreign languages and to prophesy.

And so Jacob was left alone, and he struggled with a man until daybreak.

This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an everlasting weight of glory, far beyond any comparison,

Then the whole crowd got up and took him to Pilate.

saying, "Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

The LORD is slow to anger and powerful, and he will never let the guilty go unpunished. The LORD's path is in the windstorm and hurricane; thunderclouds are dust beneath his feet.

There is only one Lawgiver and Judge the one who can save and destroy. So who are you to judge your neighbor?

He dropped to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul! Why are you persecuting me?"

This is what God says the God who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its produce, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:

For you have given him authority over all humanity so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.

You have sowed much but have reaped little. You have eaten but don't have enough to become satisfied. You have drunk but don't have enough to become intoxicated. You have clothed yourself but don't have enough to keep warm. And the hired laborer deposits his salary in a bag full of holes!'"

The LORD told Moses, "This is what you are to say to the Israelis, "You have seen for yourselves that I spoke to you from heaven.

How lonely she lies, the city that thronged with people! Like a widow she has become, this great one among nations! The princess among provinces has become a vassal.

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I'll raise him to life on the last day,

Out of the suffering of his soul he will see light and find satisfaction. And through his knowledge his servant, the righteous one, will make many righteous, and he will bear their iniquities.

""Don't be afraid, Daniel,' he told me, "because from the first day that you committed yourself to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I've come in answer to your prayers.

Does a bird fall into a snare on the ground without any bait in the trap? Will a trap snap shut when there is nothing to catch?

Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power,

On the one hand, he was foreknown before the creation of the world, but on the other hand, he was revealed at the end of time for your sake.

They will wage war against the lamb, but the lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those who are called, chosen, and faithful are with him."

In addition to having clothed yourselves with these things, having taken up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to put out all the flaming arrows of the evil one,

Then he told them, "You have such a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your own tradition!

Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a pruned branch and dries up. People gather such branches, throw them into a fire, and they are burned up.

Then they made his grave with the wicked, and with rich people in his death, although he had committed no violence, nor was there any deceit in his mouth."

to be sensible and pure, to manage their households, to be kind, and to submit themselves to their husbands. Otherwise, the word of God may be discredited.

While this messenger was still speaking, another came and announced, "A lightning storm struck and incinerated the flock and the servants while they were eating. I alone escaped to tell you!"

Then Elisha said, "Pick it up!" So the young man reached out and picked it up.

Then Judas, who had betrayed him, regretted what had happened when he saw that Jesus was condemned. He brought the 30 pieces of silver back to the high priests and elders,

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken later about another day.

""I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt from the house of slavery.

But the tribe of Judah told the tribe of Simeon, the descendants of Judah's brother, "Come with us into our territory, and we'll both fight the Canaanites. In return, we'll go with you when you fight in your territory." So the army of the tribe of Simeon accompanied the army of the tribe of Judah.

"Then they'll hand you over to suffer and will kill you, and you'll be hated by all the nations because of my name.

But when I could stand it no longer, I sent Timothy to find out about your faith. I was afraid that the tempter had tempted you in some way, and that our work had been a waste of time.

I know a man who belongs to the Messiah. Fourteen years ago whether in his body or outside of his body, I do not know, but God knows that man was snatched away to the third heaven.

It is out of the heart that evil thoughts come, as well as murder, adultery, sexual immorality, stealing, false testimony, and slander.

but my righteous one will live by faith, and if he turns back, my soul will take no pleasure in him."

I am glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus came here, because what was lacking they have supplied through you.

Jesus heard that they had thrown him out. So when he found him, he asked him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?"

Jesus told him, "Take care of my sheep." He asked him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was deeply hurt that he had asked him a third time, "Do you love me?" So he told him, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you!"

"I know that you can do anything and nothing that you plan is impossible.

And there was a great deal of discussion about him among the crowds. Some were saying, "He is a good man," while others were saying, "No, he is deceiving the crowds!"

May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.

Then he told the man who had invited him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, stop inviting only your friends, brothers, relatives, or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return and you would be repaid.

I declare from the beginning things to follow, and from ancient times things that have not yet been done; saying, "My purpose will stand, and he will accomplish everything that I please.'

In the third year of his reign, he gave a banquet for all his officials and ministers, and the military leaders of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the provincial officials were present.

because nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

They asked him to stay longer, but he refused.

Speak for those who cannot speak; seek justice for all those on the verge of destruction.

However, I have this against you: You have abandoned the love you had at first.

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace by which we have been established, and we boast because of our hope in God's glory.

Each of her sons married Moabite women: one named Orpah and the other named Ruth. After they lived there about ten years,

For if we have become united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.

Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.

This is how we know that we abide in him and he in us: he has given us his Spirit.

"But you are not to be called "Rabbi,' because you have only one teacher, and all of you are brothers.

As a result, the LORD was angry with Israel and removed them from his presence. No one was left except for the tribe of Judah.

As obedient children, do not be shaped by the desires that used to influence you when you were ignorant.

For if anyone hears the word but is not obedient to it, he is like a man who looks at himself in a mirror

The person who loves correction loves knowledge, but anyone who hates a rebuke is stupid.

"Be quiet!" Samuel said. "I'll tell you what the LORD told me last night." Saul told him, "Speak."

Now those who belong to the Messiah Jesus have crucified their flesh with its passions and desires.

So they collected and filled twelve baskets full of pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

In the past I was a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man. But I received mercy because I acted ignorantly in my unbelief,

By the word of the LORD the heavens were made; all the heavenly bodies by the breath of his mouth.

But each individual man among you must love his wife as he loves himself; and may the wife fear her husband.

nor that hair is a woman's glory, since hair is given as a substitute for coverings.

But you have observed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

"The desert and the dry land will rejoice; the desert will celebrate and blossom. Like crocuses,

his fourth was Adonijah by Haggith, his fifth was Shephatiah by Abital,

What the righteous say is a flowing fountain, but what the wicked say conceals violence.

We have seen for ourselves and can testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

When the lamb had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders bowed down in front of him. Each held a harp and a gold bowl full of incense, the prayers of the saints.

Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter! Kill something and eat it."

Then another sign appeared in the sky: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on its heads.

Because the Scripture saw ahead of time that God would justify the gentiles by faith, it announced the gospel to Abraham beforehand when it said, "Through you all nations will be blessed."

For all who have sinned apart from the Law will also perish apart from the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law.

and the unlimited greatness of his power for us who believe, according to the working of his mighty strength,

Now what I am saying is this: As long as an heir is a child, he is no better off than a slave, even though he owns everything.

but the word of the Lord lasts forever." Now this word is the good news that was announced to you.

Jesus said, "I AM, and "you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Power' and "coming with the clouds of heaven.'"

"From Reuben: Shedeur's son Elizur. From Simeon: Zurishaddai's son Shelumiel.

I've set an example for you, so that you may do as I have done to you.

Hannah was praying inwardly. Her lips were quivering, and her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.

You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition."

On her forehead was written a secret name: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND DETESTABLE THINGS OF THE EARTH

But if this is by grace, then it is no longer on the basis of actions. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.

They dressed him in a purple robe, twisted some thorns into a victor's crown, and placed it on his head.

Saul glanced behind him, saw me, and called out to me, so I replied, "Here I am!'

He told them, "Elijah is indeed coming first and will restore all things. Why, then, is it written that the Son of Man must suffer a great deal and be treated shamefully?

I will make the one who conquers to become a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and he will never go out of it again. I will write on him the name of my God, the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God), and my own new name.

Is the Messiah divided? Paul wasn't crucified for you, was he? You weren't baptized in Paul's name, were you?

for the LORD will plead their case and ruin the lives of those who ruin them.

That's the way it is with you. When you have done everything you were ordered to do, say, "We are worthless servants. We have done only what we ought to have done.'"

"When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, he will drive out many nations before you: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations who are more numerous and stronger than you.

in blazing fire. He will take revenge on those who do not know God and on those who refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

The Temple was constructed of stone precut at the quarry so that no hammer, axe, or any other iron implement would be heard in the Temple while it was being built.

For if, after escaping the world's corruptions through a full knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah, they are again entangled and conquered by those corruptions, then their last condition is worse than their former one.

"So when they advise you, "Ask the mediums your questions, and quiz the spiritists who chirp and mutter,' shouldn't a people instead be consulting their God and not the dead on behalf of those who are living

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the pointless discussions and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge.

gave thanks for it, and broke it in pieces, saying, "This is my body that is for you. Keep doing this in memory of me."

Then the LORD told Moses and Aaron,

He went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne.

We'll find all kinds of valuable wealth, and we'll fill our houses with spoil.

To married people I give this command (not really I, but the Lord): A wife must not leave her husband.

The king assigned them fine food and choice wine on a daily basis, ordering them to be trained for three years, at the end of which time they would enter the king's service.

Do we, then, abolish the Law by this faith? Of course not! Instead, we uphold the Law.

At that time, you'll know that I am in my Father, that you are in me, and that I am in you.