and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

Upon

Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says: "Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic.

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds.

So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household,

The wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

I will

Then say to him, 'The Lord who rules over all says, "Look -- here is the man whose name is Branch, who will sprout up from his place and build the temple of the Lord.

We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God's field, God's building.

For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself!

My

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.

praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved.

And Saul agreed completely with killing. Now on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.

The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.

Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things.

But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

Shall not

A song of ascents. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion; it cannot be upended and will endure forever.

No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed; you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. This is what the Lord will do for his servants -- I will vindicate them," says the Lord.

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.

So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever."

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, and the sea existed no more.

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Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.'"

He said: "The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.

But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.

For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.