our eyes fixed upon Jesus as the pioneer and the perfection of faith ??upon Jesus who, in order to reach his own appointed joy, steadily endured the cross, thinking nothing of its shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Jesus

The birth-roll of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

(He was a prophet; he knew God had sworn an oath to him that he would seat one of his descendants on his throne;

From his offspring God brought to Israel, as he had promised, a saviour in Jesus,

concerning his Son, who was born of David's offspring by natural descent

but one of the Presbyters told me, "Weep not; lo, the Lion of Judah's tribe, the Scion of David, he has won the power of opening the scroll and its seven seals."

Raised

"Thus," he said, "it is written that the Christ has to suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

but God raised him by checking the pangs of death. Death could not hold him.

Now, brothers, I would have you know the gospel I once preached to you, the gospel you received, the gospel in which you have your footing,

According

on the day when God judges the secret things of men, as my gospel holds, by Jesus Christ.

[Now to Him who can strengthen you by my gospel, by the preaching of Jesus Christ, by revealing the secret purpose which after the silence of long ages

it was for this that he called you by our gospel, to gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

as laid down by that glorious gospel of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.

and I was appointed to be its herald and apostle (I am not telling a lie, it is quite true), to teach the Gentiles faith and truth.