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 had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote concerning me.

They answered and said to him, Art thou also from Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

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

And it shall be when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him 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 out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate in it day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; 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 law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

Jesus answered and said to them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:

Abraham saith to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so he opened not his mouth:

These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

Much every way: chiefly, because that to them were committed the oracles of God.

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

But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing from whom thou hast learned them;

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; to which ye do well that ye take heed, as to a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:

Ye think

For it is not a vain thing for you: because it is your life; and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.

Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it to him, even 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, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for ever.

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

And behold, one came and said to him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.

They which

There is another that testifieth concerning me, and I know that the testimony which he beareth concerning me is true.

Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith to him, We have found him described by Moses in the law, and by the prophets, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

The LORD thy God will raise up to thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like to me; to him ye shall hearken.

Having therefore obtained help from God, I continue to this day, testifying both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:

(Which he had promised before by his prophets in the holy scriptures)

Concerning which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come to you:

And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

And beginning at Moses, and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

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

And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.