Luke 1:17
He shall go before him in the spirit and with the power of Elijah, 'to reconcile fathers to their children' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and so make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."
Matthew 11:14
And--if you are ready to accept it--John is himself the Elijah who was destined to come.
Luke 1:76
And thou, Child, shalt be called Prophet of the Most High, For thou shalt go before the Lord to make ready his way,
John 3:28
You are yourselves witnesses that I said 'I am not the Christ,' but 'I have been sent before him as a Messenger.'
Matthew 17:11-12
"Elijah indeed does come," Jesus replied, "and will restore everything;
Mark 9:11-13
"How is it," they asked Jesus, "that our Teachers of the Law say that Elijah has to come first?"
John 1:21-30
"What then?" they asked. "Are you Elijah?" "No," he said, "I am not." "Are you 'the Prophet'?" He answered, "No."
Matthew 3:4
John wore clothing made of camels' hair, with a belt of leather round his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 3:7-12
When, however, John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to receive his baptism, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who has prompted you to seek refuge from the coming judgment?
Matthew 14:4
For John had said to him 'You have no right to be living with her.'
Matthew 21:29-32
'Yes, sir,' he answered; but he did not go.
Luke 1:16
And shall reconcile many of the Israelites to the Lord their God.
Luke 3:7-14
And John said to the crowds that went to be baptized by him: "You brood of vipers! who has prompted you to seek refuge from the coming judgment?
John 1:13
For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to will of man did they owe the new Life, but to God.
John 1:34
This I have seen myself, and I have declared my belief that he is the Son of God."
Acts 10:33
Accordingly I sent to you at once, and you have been so good as to come. And now we are all here in the presence of God, to listen to all that you have been instructed by the Lord to say."
Romans 9:23
So as to make known his surpassing glory in dealing with the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared beforehand for glory,
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Do not you know that wrong-doers will have no share in God's Kingdom? Do not be deceived. No one who is immoral, or an idolater, or an adulterer, or licentious, or a sodomite,
Colossians 1:12
And you will give thanks to the Father who made you fit to share the lot which awaits Christ's People in the realms of Light.
2 Timothy 2:21
If, then, a man has escaped from the pollution of such errors as I have mentioned, he will be like a thing kept for better use, set apart, serviceable to its owner, ready for any good purpose.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are 'a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God's own People,' entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of Darkness into his wonderful Light.
2 Peter 3:11-14
Now, since all these things are in the process of dissolution, think what you yourselves ought to be--what holy and pious lives you ought to lead,
1 John 2:28
Yes, my Children, maintain your union with Christ, so that, whenever he appears, our confidence may not fail us, and we may not be ashamed to meet him at his coming.
Revelation 20:4
Then I saw thrones, and to those who took their seats upon them authority was given to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony to Jesus and because of the Message of God, for they had refused to worship the Beast or its image, and had not received the brand on their foreheads and on their hands. They were restored to life, and they reigned with the Christ for a thousand years.