John 5:39

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John 5:39

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John 5:39

Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

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Ye think

They which

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Deuteronomy 17:19

1 John 2:25

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for if ye had believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for he wrote of me.

They answered and said to him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search and look, that no prophet arises out of Galilee.

And ye shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests, the Levites;

This book of the law shall not depart from thy mouth; and thou shalt meditate upon it day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein; for then shalt thou have good success in thy ways, and then shalt thou prosper.

But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.

To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak.

Search ye in the book of Jehovah and read: not one of these shall fail, one shall not have to seek for the other; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected Jehovah's word; and what wisdom is in them?

And Jesus answering said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God.

Have ye not even read this scripture, The stone which they that builded rejected, this has become the corner-stone:

But Abraham says to him, They have Moses and the prophets: let them hear them.

And the passage of the scripture which he read was this: He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb is dumb in presence of him that shears him, thus he opens not his mouth.

And these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, receiving the word with all readiness of mind, daily searching the scriptures if these things were so.

Much every way: and first, indeed, that to them were entrusted the oracles of God.

Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.

But thou, abide in those things which thou hast learned, and of which thou hast been fully persuaded, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;

And we have the prophetic word made surer, to which ye do well taking heed (as to a lamp shining in an obscure place) until the day dawn and the morning star arise in your hearts;

Ye think

For it is no vain word for you, but it is your life, and through this word ye shall prolong your days on the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it.

Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

He asked life of thee; thou gavest it him, length of days for ever and ever.

For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

As the dew of Hermon that descendeth on the mountains of Zion; for there hath Jehovah commanded the blessing, life for evermore.

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame, to everlasting contempt.

And lo, one coming up said to him, Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have life eternal?

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit life eternal?

but now they seek a better, that is, a heavenly; wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city.

They which

It is another who bears witness concerning me, and I know that the witness which he bears concerning me is true.

Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth.

Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him shall ye hearken;

Having therefore met with the help which is from God, I have stood firm unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing else than those things which both the prophets and Moses have said should happen,

(which he had before promised by his prophets in holy writings,)

Concerning which salvation prophets, who have prophesied of the grace towards you, sought out and searched out;

And I fell before his feet to do him homage. And he says to me, See thou do it not. I am thy fellow-bondman, and the fellow-bondman of thy brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Do homage to God. For the spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus.

And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

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and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;

And this is the promise which he has promised us, life eternal.